skew heap
A skew heap is a type of self-adjusting binary heap that follows the property of heap-ordered trees. It is created by merging two skewed heaps together, resulting in a binary tree that is not necessarily balanced. The merge operation is the key feature of a skew heap, as it allows for efficient insertion and deletion of elements. The merge operation combines two heap trees by repeatedly swapping their root nodes, ensuring that the resulting tree has the property of minimum (or maximum) value at the root. Skew heaps offer improved time complexity for merging compared to other heap data structures, making them efficient for applications that involve frequent merge operations.
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