We consider the problem of maintaining a set of n integers in the range 0::2w ? 1 under the operations of insertion, deletion, predecessor queries, minimum queries and maximum quer...
Exotic semirings such as the “(max, +) semiring” (R ∪ {−∞}, max, +), or the “tropical semiring” (N ∪ {+∞}, min, +), have been invented and reinvented many times s...