Union-Find Data Structure: Path Compression and Group Counting Techniques
Union-Find Data Structure
Union-Find (Disjoint Set Union) is a data structure that tracks a set of elements partitioned into disjoint sets. It supports two primary operations:
Find: Determine which set a particular element belongs to
Union: Merge two sets into a single set
This article demonstrates these concepts through two classic competiti ...
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