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Cycle detection

In computer science, cycle detection or cycle finding is the algorithmic problem of finding a cycle in a sequence of iterated function values.

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Cycle detection

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Triples86
Avg. degree1.98
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Cycle detection

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has application · 31
Cycle detection → Abelian, Brent, Cycle, Data Encryption Standard, Delescaille, DES, Determining, Fich, Floyd's, For, If, In, In Common Lisp, In Mandelbrot Set, Kaliski, Knuth, One, Periodic, Pollard's, Quisquater
related to Time–space tradeoffs · 21
Cycle detection → An, As Nivasch, Brent, Brent's, By, Floyd's, Following Nivasch, For, However, In, More, Nivasch, Pollard's, Running, Sedgewick, Several, Szymanski, The, Where, Woodruff
related to External links · 9
Cycle detection → Brent's Cycle Detection Algorithm, Detection Algorithm, Gabriel Nivasch, Hare, Portland Pattern RepositoryFloyd's Cycle, Stack AlgorithmTortoise, The Cycle Detection Problem, The Teleporting Turtle, The Tortoise
related to Brent's algorithm · 7
Cycle detection → Brent, For, However, It, Python, Richard, The
related to Computer representation · 6
Cycle detection → Although, Except, In, Rather, Such, The
related to Definitions · 5
Cycle detection → For, Greek, Let, One, The
related to Algorithms · 4
Cycle detection → Additionally, However, If, Thus
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Cycle detection → problem of finding i and j

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Cycle detectionis aproblem of finding i and j0.90text
a hash table to store these valuesinstance ofsimply by computing the sequence of values xi and using a data structure0.80text
test whether each subsequent value has already been storedinstance ofsimply by computing the sequence of values xi and using a data structure0.80text
Cycle detectionhas applicationCycle0.60section
Cycle detectionhas applicationDetermining0.60section
Cycle detectionhas applicationThis0.60section
Cycle detectionhas applicationKnuth0.60section
Cycle detectionhas applicationFloyd's0.60section
Cycle detectionhas applicationBrent0.60section
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Cycle detectionhas applicationPollard's0.60section

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