Hibbard's increment

GPTKB entity

Statements (12)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sorting algorithm increment sequence
gptkbp:appliesTo Shell sort gap sequence
gptkbp:complexity O(n^{3/2}) worst case for Shell sort
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:Thomas_N._Hibbard
gptkbp:firstPublished 1963
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hibbard's increment
gptkbp:property all increments are odd numbers
increments are strictly increasing
gptkbp:sequence 2^k - 1
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Shell_sort
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shell_sort
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7