this.elemCount = 0;
      successor(pred(), succ());
      if (left == null) {
        return right;
      } else if (right == null) {
        return left;
      } else if (left.height >= right.height) {
        AvlNode<E> newTop = pred();
        // newTop is the maximum node in my left subtree
        newTop.left = left.removeMax(newTop);
        newTop.right = right;

          return classify(Integer.compare(left, right));
        }

        @Override
        public ComparisonChain compare(long left, long right) {
          return classify(Long.compare(left, right));
        }

        @Override
        public ComparisonChain compare(float left, float right) {
          return classify(Float.compare(left, right));
        }

   */
  private void trim() {
    int left = 0;
    int right = 2 * k - 1;

    int minThresholdPosition = 0;
    // The leftmost position at which the greatest of the k lower elements
    // -- the new value of threshold -- might be found.

    int iterations = 0;
    int maxIterations = IntMath.log2(right - left, RoundingMode.CEILING) * 3;
    while (left < right) {
      int pivotIndex = (left + right + 1) >>> 1;

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Float[] concat(Float[] left, Float[] right) {
    Float[] result = new Float[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Float[] concat(Float[] left, Float[] right) {
    Float[] result = new Float[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Integer[] concat(Integer[] left, Integer[] right) {
    Integer[] result = new Integer[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

    this.ordering = ordering;
  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@Nullable T left, @Nullable T right) {
    if (left == right) {
      return 0;
    }
    if (left == null) {
      return RIGHT_IS_GREATER;
    }
    if (right == null) {
      return LEFT_IS_GREATER;
    }
    return ordering.compare(left, right);
  }

  @Override

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Short[] concat(Short[] left, Short[] right) {
    Short[] result = new Short[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Long[] concat(Long[] left, Long[] right) {
    Long[] result = new Long[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Short[] concat(Short[] left, Short[] right) {
    Short[] result = new Short[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }