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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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Efficiently selecting a random subset of size $m$ from a set of size $n$

This is a cross post of my question here on math.se. I have a list of $n$ items and would like to randomly select an $m$ set from it efficiently (in terms of time complexity). Also, I want all possibl …
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Is there an efficient way to insert n items into an n^2 sized heap

I am aware of a O(n) algorithm for constructing a new heap of n items, this is better than repeatedly inserting into an empty heap which takes O(nlogn). I would like to know if there is something simi …
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