Platinum
The topics below are not exhaustive for this division.
Contest problems may contain topics not covered in the guide, or topics listed under different divisions!
Some lower-frequency topics are included in "Advanced."
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Range Queries
More Applications of Segment Tree
Somewhat Frequent
Walking on a Segment Tree, Non-Commutative Combiner Functions
Range Queries with Sweep Line
Not Frequent
Solving 2D grid problems using 1D range queries.
Range Update Range Query
Rare
Lazy updates on segment trees and two binary indexed trees in conjunction.
Sparse Segment Trees
Rare
Querying big ranges.
2D Range Queries
Rare
Extending Range Queries to 2D (and beyond).
Divide & Conquer - SRQ
Rare
Using Divide & Conquer to answer offline or online range queries on a static array.
Square Root Decomposition
Rare
Splitting up data into smaller chunks to speed up processing.
Updated: Last month
Trees
Binary Jumping
Somewhat Frequent
Introduces the problems of finding level ancestors in a tree and computing the lowest common ancestors.
Updated: Last month
Small-To-Large Merging
Rare
A way to merge two sets efficiently.
Heavy-Light Decomposition
Rare
Path and subtree updates and queries.
Centroid Decomposition
Rare
Decomposing a tree to facilitate path computations.
Updated: Last month
Geometry
Geometry Primitives
Rare
Basic setup for geometry problems.
Sweep Line
Rare
Introduction to line sweep.
Updated: Last week
Convex Hull
Not Frequent
Smallest convex polygon containing a set of points on a grid.
Convex Hull Trick
Not Frequent
A way to find the maximum or minimum value of several convex functions at given points.
Updated: 2 weeks ago