red–black tree

self-balancing binary search tree data structure
CreativeWork data_structure Q506496
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red–black tree

Summary

red–black tree is a data structure[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of data_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,345 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • red–black tree is credited with the discovery of Rudolf Bayer[3].
  • red–black tree's instance of is recorded as data structure[4].
  • red–black tree is a type of height-balanced binary search tree[5].
  • red–black tree's Commons category is recorded as Red-black trees[6].
  • red–black tree's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1972[7].
  • red–black tree's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/red-black-tree[8].
  • red–black tree's different from is recorded as AVL tree[9].
  • red–black tree's named by is recorded as Leonidas J. Guibas[10].
  • red–black tree's named by is recorded as Robert Sedgewick[11].
  • red–black tree's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].

Why It Matters

red–black tree ranks in the top 10% of data_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,345 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named by Leonidas J. Guibas, Robert Sedgewick
    Subclass of
    Instance of data structure
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 11328, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Red_black_trees`"
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