5. Find the order of growth for solutions of the following recurrences. a. T(n)=4T (n/2) +n, T(1) = 1 b. T(n)= 4T (n/2) + n², T (1) = 1 c. T(n)= 4T (n/2) + n³, T (1) = 1 %3D %3D %3D
5. Find the order of growth for solutions of the following recurrences. a. T(n)=4T (n/2) +n, T(1) = 1 b. T(n)= 4T (n/2) + n², T (1) = 1 c. T(n)= 4T (n/2) + n³, T (1) = 1 %3D %3D %3D
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c. How does this algorithm compare with the brute-force algorithm for
problem?
4. As mentioned in Chapter 2, logarithm bases are irrelevant in most cont
arising in analyzing an algorithm's efficiency class. Is this true for both a
tions of the Master Theorem that include logarithms?
5. Find the order of growth for solutions of the following recurrences.
a. T(n)=4T(n/2) + n, T (1) =1
b. T(n)=4T (n/2) +n², T (1) = 1
c. T(n)=4T (n/2) + n³, T (1) = 1
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6. Apply mergesort to sort the list E, X, A, M, P, L, E in alphabetical ord
7. Is mergesort a stable sorting algorithm?
8. a. Solve the recurrence relation for the number of key comparisons m
mergesort in the worst case. You may assume that n =
= 2k.
b. Set up a recurrence relation for the number of key comparisons
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5(a) We have
Given T(1) = 1
1 =
4T(1/2) = 0
T(1/2) = 0
Here n has the largest growth rate in T(n)
The order of growth for T(n) = 4T(n/2) +n is O(n)
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