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An algorithm is a sequence of well-defined steps that defines an abstract solution to a problem. Use this tag when your issue is related to design and analysis of algorithms.

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$k$th Largest Algorithm in a range $[k, k+c]$

The well-known algorithm for computing the $k$-th largest element in an unsorted array of size $n$ runs in $O(n)$ time. How about for a range $[k, k+c]$, where $c$ is not necessarily independent of …
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