Splitting in Splay Trees

• How can we split? (SPOILERS below ^L)

  • We have the splay operation.
  • We can find x or the parent of where x should be.
  • We can splay it to the root.
  • Now, what’s true about the left subtree of the root?
  • And the right?

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