7.10. Summary

• A bubble sort, a selection sort, and an insertion sort are \(O(n^{2})\) algorithms.

• A shell sort improves on the insertion sort by sorting incremental sublists. It falls between \(O(n)\) and \(O(n^{2})\).

• A merge sort is \(O(n \log n)\), but requires additional space for the merging process.

• A quick sort is \(O(n \log n)\), but may degrade to \(O(n^{2})\) if the split points are not near the middle of the list. It does not require additional space.

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