> [2N, 2N + 1, ..., 3N - 1] This is practically the definition of monotonicity. ... | Hacker News

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		p1necone on Nov 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: P² quantile estimator – estimating the median with... > [2N, 2N + 1, ..., 3N - 1] This is practically the definition of monotonicity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotonic_function) You should read the paper, it doesn't have the problems you think it has when used on real world data.

zappy_zippy on Nov 25, 2020 [–]

The parent mentioned permutation of those numbers. Does that affect your response?

Also note that the parent wasn't commenting on the algorithm in this HN submission, but rather the algorithm described in the top-level comment.

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