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Randomized median finding algorithm to make your pseudo code generic enough, so that it can answer order statistics for any kth biggest element from an n-element array. For e.g. k For e.g. k= n/2 gives the median and k=1 gives the max.

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Introduction to Algorithms

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Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest

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Posted Date: September 09, 2023 05:28:53
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