The document discusses segment trees, which allow querying which stored intervals contain a given point. It presents the basic functions of segment trees - initialization, querying, and updating. Initialization builds the tree by dividing segments into halves and storing sums at each node. Querying returns the sum in a range by checking if a segment is fully within, outside of, or partially within the range. Updating modifies values by adding to all relevant nodes. Segment trees enable efficient range minimum/maximum queries and have numerous applications.