topological sorting

an ordering of the vertices of the directed graph for which each edge is directed from earlier to later in the ordering
Thing computational_problem Q753127
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topological sorting

Summary

topological sorting is a computational problem[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of computational_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,058 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • topological sorting's instance of is recorded as computational problem[3].
  • topological sorting's subclass of is recorded as sorting[4].
  • topological sorting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mt02[5].
  • topological sorting's has cause is recorded as topological sorting algorithm[6].
  • topological sorting's facet of is recorded as graph theory[7].
  • topological sorting's facet of is recorded as directed acyclic graph[8].
  • topological sorting's uses is recorded as directed acyclic graph[9].
  • topological sorting's MathWorld ID is recorded as TopologicalSort[10].
  • topological sorting's Quora topic ID is recorded as Topological-Sorting-1[11].
  • topological sorting's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as topologicalOrder[12].
  • topological sorting's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • topological sorting's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 176032523[14].
  • topological sorting's GitHub topic is recorded as topological-sort[15].
  • topological sorting's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C176032523[16].

Why It Matters

topological sorting ranks in the top 3% of computational_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,058 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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