In this paper these [B-trees] grow and contract … "catenated" into a single node.  The splitting and … node splits, a new root must be introduced, … opposite process occurs if the tree contracts.  … [p. 487] An overflow between two adjacent brother pages … [by inserting the key into P and underflowing into P']  … Thus a page will be split only if … 
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