Introduction to Algorithms
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- prove the assertion. An failed or successful binary search in an ordered array of N keys needs no more than lg N 1 comparisons.arrow_forwardIf a binary search algorithm is applied to a sorted array of 1000 elements, how many comparisons will be needed in the worst case scenario to find an element?arrow_forwardillustrates the procedure for Fibonacci search. Here n, thenumber of data elements is such that: i) Fk+1 > (n+1); andii) Fk + m = (n +1) for some m ≥ 0, where Fk+1 and Fk are two consecutiveFibonacci numbers.arrow_forward
- Consider median-3 quick sort and bubble sort. When using these two algorithms to sort a list of n elements that have already been sorted in increasing order, which of the following is true for the worst-case time complexity?arrow_forwardshows how to conduct a Fibonacci search. The number of data elements in this case, n, is such that: In the following statements, Fk+1 and Fk are two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, respectively: I Fk+1 > (n+1); and (ii) Fk + m = (n +1) for some m 0.arrow_forwardDiscuss a method for determining the rank of an element K in the array LIST[1:n].How can method PARTITION be utilised to solve the same problem effectively? What are the temporal complexities of the stated methods?arrow_forward
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