The document discusses heap sort, a sorting algorithm that uses a heap data structure. It begins by explaining what a heap is - a variant of a binary tree with the heap property. A max heap is created from an example data set by inserting elements in a bottom-up manner to satisfy the heap property. The heap sort process is then described as repeatedly removing the maximum element from the heap and inserting it into the sorted position in the array, rebuilding the heap after each removal. Steps are demonstrated on the example data set to sort it into ascending order using this process.
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