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perfect k-ary tree

(definition)

Definition: A k-ary tree with all leaf nodes at same depth. All internal nodes have degree k.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
complete tree.

See also perfect binary tree.

Note: Called "complete" by [CLR90, page 95].

Author: PEB


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