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==<tt>REMOVE-MIN</tt>==
==<tt>REMOVE-MIN</tt>==
Remove the node whose key has the minimum value.
Remove the node whose key has the minimum value.
Also see: {{Internal|Data_Structures#DELETE|Data Structures &#124; <tt>DELETE</tt>}}

Revision as of 21:47, 9 October 2021

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Overview

This article is about binary heaps. A binary heap data structure is an array where data is placed to form a complete binary tree, plus the index of the last node in the heap. Each element of the array contains a pointer to tree nodes. Each node contains at least a key.

More details CLRS page 151, page 1177.

Supported Operations

INSERT

Insert a node in the tree.

Also see

Data Structures | INSERT

REMOVE-MIN

Remove the node whose key has the minimum value.

Also see:

Data Structures | DELETE