(algorithm)
Definition: A hash function that maps each different key to a distinct integer. Usually all possible keys must be known beforehand. A hash table that uses a perfect hash has no collisions.
Formal Definition: A function f is perfect for a set of keys K iff ∀ j, k ∈ K f(j) = f(k) → j = k.
Also known as optimal hashing.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
minimal perfect hashing, order preserving minimal perfect hashing.
Note: After BJ.
Author: PEB
Martin Dietzfelbinger, Anna Karlin, Kurt Melhorn, Friedhelm Meyer Auf Der Heide, Hans Rohnert, and Robert E. Tarjan, Dynamic Perfect Hashing: Upper and Lower Bounds, SIAM J. Comput., 23(4):738-761, August 1994.
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