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Questions requesting papers in the literature on specific, narrow issues.

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What is the analysis that a heap's optimal branching factor is between 2 and 5?

I'm reading the book Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures. It makes the claim that the optimal branching factor $D$ for a heap satisfies $2 \le D \le 5$, and that it is most likely $3$ or $4$ depen …
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