From 636f7c4795394fd7be4f04d079fce0355e5d190c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antti H S Laaksonen Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:22:56 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] More about segment tree origin --- chapter09.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter09.tex b/chapter09.tex index 9121590..63eb4c0 100644 --- a/chapter09.tex +++ b/chapter09.tex @@ -744,9 +744,10 @@ takes $O(1)$ time using bit operations. \index{segment tree} -A \key{segment tree}\footnote{The origin of this structure is unknown. +A \key{segment tree}\footnote{Quite similar structures were used +in the late 1970's to solve geometric problems \cite{ben80}. The bottom-up-implementation in this chapter corresponds to -the implementation in \cite{sta06}.} is a data structure +that in \cite{sta06}.} is a data structure that supports two operations: processing a range query and modifying an element in the array.