bsort: A theoretically efficient non-comparison-based sorting algorithm for integer and floating-point numbers
Data Structures and Algorithms
2026-03-11 v1 Hardware Architecture
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Abstract
This paper presents bsort, a non-comparison-based sorting algorithm for signed and unsigned integers, and floating-point values. The algorithm unifies these cases through an approach derived from binary quicksort, achieving runtime asymptotic behavior and auxiliary space, where is the element word size. This algorithm is highly efficient for data types with small word sizes, where empirical analysis exhibits performance competitive with highly optimized hybrid algorithms from popular libraries.
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@article{arxiv.2603.08929,
title = {bsort: A theoretically efficient non-comparison-based sorting algorithm for integer and floating-point numbers},
author = {Benjamín Guzmán},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08929},
year = {2026}
}
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9 pages, 9 figures, for sources go to https://benjaminguzman.dev