Home›Articles›A simple idea that took decades to get rightArticleA simple idea that took decades to get rightArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnBinary Search, Concepts Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: Binary search algorithmtier 2WikipediaHistoryQuote, HistoryEvery published binary search algorithm worked only for arrays whose length is one less than a power of two until 1960, when Derrick Henry Lehmer published a binary search algorithm that worked on all arrays.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.