Request for opinions/reviews of my blog post on segment trees

Revision en3, by eku, 2019-07-30 00:38:34

I wrote a blog post on generalizing segment trees: https://sharmaeklavya2.github.io/blog/generalizing-segment-trees.html

It's about a method of generalizing segment trees by expressing query outputs as monoids and update functions as composable endomorphisms. The blog post explains what these terms mean, why they are suitable abstractions and demonstrates concepts with examples.

Can I please get comments/reviews/opinions on it? Do you think it is (or can be slightly altered to make it) useful for others?

You can see the templated C++ code here: https://gist.github.com/sharmaeklavya2/99ed35efbb639bbe7d7b46b89b74fea0

The blog post turned out to be more detailed and theoretical than I was expecting. It's more concerned with mathematical and algorithmic aspects than the practicality of using it in contests. But I can change that if you think that would make it better.

Tags #segment tree, templates

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en5 English eku 2019-07-30 18:17:40 154
en4 English eku 2019-07-30 00:52:24 25 minor changes: 'monoids' -> 'elements of a monoid', 'useful for others' -> 'useful or interesting'
en3 English eku 2019-07-30 00:38:34 230 (published)
en2 English eku 2019-07-30 00:26:24 253
en1 English eku 2019-07-30 00:22:01 817 Initial revision (saved to drafts)