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# Selection Sort
We have to perform N swaps a total of N times. This takes N^N steps, therefore:
This algorithm has time complexity `O(N^2)`
Technically (`n 1, n - 2 ... 2, 1` ~= N/2) swaps are performed but in BigO the constants are dropped.