Selecting the top three elements

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Abstract

The paper contains the complete results for the complexity of the following three selection problems: (A) Find the 3 top elements (ordered) out of a linear order on n elements. (B) Find the 3rd element out of a linear order on n elements. (C) Find the 3 top elements (unordered) out of a linear order on n elements.

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