selection sort

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selection sort

Summary

selection sort is a sorting algorithm[1]. It draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (sorting_algorithm category, ranking #7 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • selection sort's video is recorded as Selection sort animation.gif[3].
  • selection sort's video is recorded as Selection-Sort-Animation.gif[4].
  • selection sort's instance of is recorded as sorting algorithm[5].
  • selection sort's instance of is recorded as comparison sort[6].
  • selection sort's Commons category is recorded as Selection sort[7].
  • selection sort's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/078bg[8].
  • selection sort's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/selection-sort[9].
  • selection sort's uses is recorded as array data structure[10].
  • selection sort's MathWorld ID is recorded as SelectionSort[11].
  • selection sort's Quora topic ID is recorded as Selection-Sort[12].
  • selection sort's worst-case time complexity is recorded as O(n^2)[13].
  • selection sort's best-case time complexity is recorded as O(n^2)[14].
  • selection sort's average time complexity is recorded as O(n^2)[15].
  • selection sort's worst-case space complexity is recorded as O(n)[16].
  • selection sort's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Sorting_algorithms/Selection_sort[17].
  • selection sort's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as selectionSort[18].
  • selection sort's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • selection sort's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 134707086[20].
  • selection sort's PlanetMath ID is recorded as SelectionSort[21].
  • selection sort's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 95375[22].
  • selection sort's GitLab topic ID is recorded as selectionsort[23].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include sorting algorithm[5] and comparison sort[6].

Why It Matters

selection sort draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (sorting_algorithm category, ranking #7 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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