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title: "Union Find"
date: 2024-06-24T21:07:49+01:00
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description: "My favorite data structure"
tags:
  - algorithms
  - data structures
  - python
categories:
  - programming
series:
  - Lesser known algorithms and data structures
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To kickoff the [series] of posts about criminally underrated algorithms and data
structures, I will be talking about my favorite one: the [_Disjoint Set_][wiki].
Also known as the _Union-Find_ data structure, so named because of its two main
operations: `ds.union(lhs, rhs)` and `ds.find(elem)`.

[wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjoint-set_data_structure
[series]: {{< ref "/series/lesser-known-algorithms-and-data-structures/">}}

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