Knuth equivalence

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After Donald Knuth

Noun[edit]

Knuth equivalence (uncountable)

  1. A relationship that considers two elements equivalent if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of transformations of the form yzx -> yxz whenever x < y ≤ z or xzy -> zxy whenever x ≤ y < z.