cs.CC · 2026-09-25 · No. 124
Computational Complexity, 2026-09-25.
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A New Gap Sequence for Shellsort: RL-Driven Algorithm Discovery Beyond $N^{4/3}$
Bo Liu
cs.CC · cs.DS · cs.LG
Choosing Shellsort gaps is a well-known open problem. For over sixty years, successful sequences have relied on human-designed formulas, numerical searches, or number-theoretic constructions. Although stronger general bounds exist for dense or mainly theoretical families, the worst-case upper bound for a short, sparse, and practically competitive construction has not advanced beyond $N^{4/3}$ for decades. We ask whether the sequence itself...
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