Undergrad and colleagues accidentally shred 40-year hash table gospel

Student shows 'Uniform hashing is optimal' was just wishful thinking It isn't often that a decades-old assumption underpinning modern technology is overturned, but a recent paper based on the work of an undergraduate and his two co-authors has done just that.…

Feb 13, 2025 - 12:05
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Undergrad and colleagues accidentally shred 40-year hash table gospel

Student shows 'Uniform hashing is optimal' was just wishful thinking

It isn't often that a decades-old assumption underpinning modern technology is overturned, but a recent paper based on the work of an undergraduate and his two co-authors has done just that.…