Union-Find (disjoint set)

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Either optimisation alone gives O(log n); together they give the inverse Ackermann function, which stays below 5 for any input you will ever have. Watch a long chain flatten on its first query.

Average O(α(n)) ≈ O(1)Worst O(log n) without both optimisationsSpace O(n)
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