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Roaring container break-even

The magic number in every Roaring implementation is just the chunk's universe size divided by the element width.

16 k = 65, 536 ⟹ k^{*} = 4, 096

$k$: Set bits; set bits in a chunk of 2¹⁶ positions

Worked examples, recomputed

Every number the mechanisms quote for this relationship is recomputed from it, so none of them disagrees with it.

65,536 ÷ 16 = 4,096
3,000 set bits as an array: 6 KB, against 8 KB

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Each mechanism states it in its own names. The general symbol each name stands for is shown with it.

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$16 \cdot k = 65, 536$
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Written by Aayush Sharma