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Stooge Sort is a recursive comparison-based sorting algorithm. It swaps elements if the first is greater than the last, then recursively sorts the first two-thirds, last two-thirds, and first two-thirds again. It's mostly of academic interest due to its poor performance.
Paradigm
Divide and Conquer / Recursive
Author
Norman Stooge
Tier
DTime Complexity
Best
O(n log n)Avg
O(n^2.7095)Worst
O(n^2.7095)Space
O(n) (recursive)Properties