Tiny Pointers

This paper introduces a new data-structural object that we call the tiny pointer. In many applications, traditional logn-bit pointers can be replaced with o(logn)-bit tiny pointers at the cost of only a constant-factor time overhead. We develop a comprehensive theory of tiny pointers, and give optim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bender, Michael, Conway, Alex, Farach-Colton, Martin, Kuszmaul, William, Tagliavini, Guido
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ACM 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157543