@article {IOPORT.03963208, author = {Johnson, Donald B.}, title = {A simple proof of a time-space trade-off for sorting with linear comparisons.}, year = {1986}, journal = {Theoretical Computer Science}, volume = {43}, issn = {0304-3975}, pages = {345-350}, publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/0304-3975(86)90185-4}, abstract = {Summary: It is shown how to extend the techniques originally used to prove a lower bound of $\Omega (n\sp 2)$ for the product of the time and space consumed for sorting in branching programs with elementary comparisons, to the case of linear branching programs where linear functions on n input elements can be computed in unit time.}, identifier = {03963208}, }