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Merging RLBWTs adaptively

Data Structures and Algorithms 2026-04-16 v7

Abstract

We show how to merge two run-length compressed Burrows-Wheeler Transforms (RLBWTs) into a run-length compressed extended Burrows-Wheeler Transform (eBWT) in O(r)O (r) space and O((r+L)log(m+n))O ((r + L) \log (m + n)) time, where mm and nn are the lengths of the uncompressed strings, rr is the number of runs in the final eBWT and LL is the sum of its irreducible LCP values.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2511.16953,
  title  = {Merging RLBWTs adaptively},
  author = {Travis Gagie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.16953},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Accepted to CPM '26

R2 v1 2026-07-01T07:48:19.412Z