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0 pointsdpbriggs5y ago0 comments

It's the number of children each node can have

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Maybe they're asking why the letter "d". That is, why "d-ary" instead of "n-ary" or "k-ary".

Yes, that was my intent. Why the choice of the letter "d".

The letter “n” is already used for the heap size, and “k” is typically a number <= n.

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0 pointsdpbriggs5y ago0 comments

It's the number of children each node can have

Maybe they're asking why the letter "d". That is, why "d-ary" instead of "n-ary" or "k-ary".

Yes, that was my intent. Why the choice of the letter "d".

The letter “n” is already used for the heap size, and “k” is typically a number <= n.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse