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Priority queue documentation has wrong complexities #3

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The complexity of a pairing heap is stated incorrectly. Amortised and actual complexity of push() should be $O(1)$. Amortised complexity of erase() and pop() should be $log(n)$.

The implementation of the decrease() part of update() would normally be $2**(2sqrt(log(log(n)))$. I don't think the current implementation provides that as the check for empty children list is not conditional on the direction of cost change. As such, update() seems to be unconditionally $log(n)$ amortised, just like an increase() would be. Merge should be $O(1)$ as usual.

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