diff --git a/basis/splitting/monotonic/authors.txt b/basis/splitting/monotonic/authors.txt
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+Doug Coleman
diff --git a/basis/splitting/monotonic/monotonic-tests.factor b/basis/splitting/monotonic/monotonic-tests.factor
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+IN: splitting.monotonic
+USING: tools.test math arrays kernel sequences ;
+
+[ { { 1 } { -1 5 } { 2 4 } } ]
+[ { 1 -1 5 2 4 } [ < ] monotonic-split [ >array ] map ] unit-test
+[ { { 1 1 1 1 } { 2 2 } { 3 } { 4 } { 5 } { 6 6 6 } } ]
+[ { 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 } [ = ] monotonic-split [ >array ] map ] unit-test
+
diff --git a/basis/splitting/monotonic/monotonic.factor b/basis/splitting/monotonic/monotonic.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: make namespaces sequences kernel fry ;
+IN: splitting.monotonic
+
+: ,, ( obj -- ) building get peek push ;
+: v, ( -- ) V{ } clone , ;
+: ,v ( -- ) building get dup peek empty? [ dup pop* ] when drop ;
+
+: (monotonic-split) ( seq quot -- newseq )
+    [
+        [ dup unclip suffix ] dip
+        v, '[ over ,, @ [ v, ] unless ] 2each ,v
+    ] { } make ; inline
+
+: monotonic-split ( seq quot -- newseq )
+    over empty? [ 2drop { } ] [ (monotonic-split) ] if ; inline
diff --git a/basis/splitting/monotonic/summary.txt b/basis/splitting/monotonic/summary.txt
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+Split a sequence into monotonically-increasing subsequences
diff --git a/basis/splitting/monotonic/tags.txt b/basis/splitting/monotonic/tags.txt
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+algorithms
+sequences