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Floyd-Rivest selection

Also called SELECT (Floyd-Rivest).

Selection that samples the input to choose two pivots bracketing the target rank, using close to n comparisons on average.

Selection that samples the input to choose two pivots bracketing the target rank, using close to n comparisons on average.

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