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This is wrong. The described algorithm is BFPRT not Quick Select.

Hi, did you mean that the algorithm is ALSO known as BFPRT or that the algorithm described is called BFPRT and quick select is a different algorithm? Cheers, --R.Koot 15:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The later. QuickSelect is a different algorithm not based on groups of 5s, but on the pivot-selection step of quicksort.

I couldn't find anything under this name in Introduction to Algorithms and The Art of Computer Programming, which is a bit strange given what the acronym stands for and the authors of those books, but I trust you and Effiziente Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen so I moved it. --R.Koot 18:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]