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Shared-array double stack
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Created
2026-10-24
Updated
2026-10-31
Two
stacks
can share
a
fixed
array
by growing inwards from opposite ends. Store one
stack
in
[
0
,
l
)
and the other in
[
r
,
M
)
, with
representation invariant
0
≤
l
≤
r
≤
M
. The
first
top is at
l
−
1
, the
second
at
r
, and
[
l
,
r
)
is
free
. The
abstraction function
reads the
first
segment backwards and the
second
forwards to obtain top-
first
lists
. Push requires
l
<
r
;
a
pop requires its own
stack
to be nonempty. Every operation
uses
constant time
, and either
stack
can use all remaining
space
. The bounded
abstract data type
must
expose
or specify the shared capacity restriction.
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