The Tortoise and Hare Algorithm

Peter Gammie

18 November 2015

Abstract

We formalize the Tortoise and Hare cycle-finding algorithm ascribed to Floyd by Knuth, and an improved version due to Brent.
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@article{TortoiseHare-AFP,
  author  = {Peter Gammie},
  title   = {The Tortoise and Hare Algorithm},
  journal = {Archive of Formal Proofs},
  month   = November,
  year    = 2015,
  note    = {\url{http://isa-afp.org/entries/TortoiseHare.html},
            Formal proof development},
  ISSN    = {2150-914x},
}
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