The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.

Before designing an algorithm it is important to first understand what the problem is. Algorithms can be designed using pseudocode or a flowchart, and the standard notations of each should be known.

The books we read. Writer and voracious reader Elisa Gabbert found a way around the algorithm, and it's the recently-returned section at Denver Central Library.