Minimum Adjacent Swaps to Balance Bracket Sequences

A bracket string of even length consists of exactly n/2 opening [ and n/2 closing ] characters. The goal is to determine fewest number of arbitrary index swaps required to transform the string into a valid bracket sequence (one where every closing bracket has a matching opening bracket earlier in the string). Pairs of matched brackets can be t ...

Posted on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:11:11 +0000 by razorsedgeuk