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Patience sorting is a method used in combinatorial problems, particularly in sorting and card games, to find the longest increasing subsequence (LIS) of a sequence of numbers. The technique is named after the card game "patience," also known as solitaire. ### How Patience Sorting Works: 1. **Initial Setup**: Consider a sequence of numbers (or cards) that you want to sort or analyze for increasing subsequences.

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