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problem1 what is the lower bound if the requirement of using comparisons to make decisions is dropped2 define the term
problem1 what is the advantage of selection sort over all the other methods we studied2 what disadvantage of insertion
problem1 how many comparisons of keys are required to verify that a list of n entries is in order2 explain in twenty
problem1 write a one-page guide to help a user of your computer system select one of our sorting algorithms according
problem1 discuss the advantages and disadvantages of designing a general sorting function as a hybrid between quicksort
problem1 a design a function that will delete the entry with the largest key the root from the top of the heap and
problema design a function that will insert a new entry into a heap obtaining a new heap the function insertheap in the
problema different approach to the selection of pivot is to take the mean average of meansort all the keys in the list
problema different method for choosing the pivot in quicksort is to take the median of the first last and central keys
problem1 how will the quicksort function as presented in the text function if all the keys in the list are equal2 due
problemour mergesort program for linked lists spends significant time locating the center of each sublist so that it
problemimplement mergesort for linked lists on your computer use the same conventions and the same test data used for
problemwrite a program to perform a linked distribution sort as follows take the keys to be pseudorandom numbers
problem1 draw the comparison trees for a insertion sort and b selection sort applied to four objects2 a find a sorting
problemthere is a simple algorithm called count sort that begins with an unsorted list count sort and constructs a new
problema well-known algorithm called bubble sort proceeds by scanning the list from left to right and whenever a pair
problemthere is an even easier sorting method which instead of using two pointers to scan sort move through the list
problem1 what initial order for a list of keys will produce the worst case for insertion sort in the contiguous version
problem1 if binarysearch2 does 20 comparisons for the average successful search then about how many will it do for the
problem1 define the terms internal and external path length of a 2-tree state the path length theorem2 what is the
problem1 draw the comparison tree for binarysearch1 for searching a list of length a 1 b 2 and c 32 draw the comparison
problemsuppose you have programs whose running times in microseconds for an input of size n are 1000 lg n 100n 10n2
problema write a program to do interpolation search and verify its correctness especially termination see the
problemif you modified binary search so that it divided the list not essentially in half at each pass but instead into
problemtake the driver program written to test searching functions and sentinel search insert the version of sequential