Abstract

We show that n integers in the range 1 : : n can be sorted stably on an EREW PRAM using O(t) time and O(n( p log n log log n + (log n) 2 =t)) operations, for arbitrary given t log n log log n, and on a CREW PRAM using O(t) time and O(n( p log n + log n=2 t=logn )) operations, for arbitrary given t log n. In addition, we are able to sort n arbitrary integers on a randomized CREW PRAM within the same resource bounds with high probability. In each case our algorithm is a factor of almost \Theta( p log n) closer to optimality than all previous algorithms for the stated problem in the stated model, and our third result matches the operation count of the best previous sequential algorithm. We also show that n integers in the range 1 : : m can be sorted in O((log n) 2 ) time with O(n) operations on an EREW PRAM using a nonstandard word length of O(log n log log n log m) bits, thereby greatly improving the upper bound on the word length necessary to sort integers with a linear t...

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