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Is the capacity of a hash table a constant value?
In this paper, page 4, it is said:
"...there is always a constant expected number of elements that map to the same slot"
Assume we have a set $S$ of $n$ values, and we want to insert them into a ...
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How exactly Hashing performs better than a Binary Search?
The time complexity of a Binary Search is O(log n) and Hashing is O(1) - so I've read. I have also read that Hashing outperforms Binary search when input is large, for example in millions. But I see ...
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