A general theory of ordering lexicographic entries in various languages is formulated. Basic concepts and principles of one-, and many-step ordering are discussed. The algorithms for one-step ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order ...