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>>10152227
pic related from the parallel algorithms textbook written by grama and gupta.
in case 1, the sequence first monotonically increases, then monotonically decreases.
in case 2 the sequence decreases then increases.
but because they describe (2) as an autistic "cyclic shift" they're forced to provide an example so the reader can understand what the fuck they just said.
why not just use plain english and the simplest possible description?