Min heap property

[…] for any given node C, if P is a parent node of C, then […] the key of P is less than or equal to the key of C.

\(P \le C \;\forall\; C \;|\; P\;\text{is parent of}\;C\)

Max heap property

[…] for any given node C, if P is a parent node of C, then the key (the value) of P is greater than or equal to the key of C

(“Heap (Data Structure)” 2022)

\(P \ge C \;\forall\; C \;|\; P\;\text{is parent of}\;C\)

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