Following is pseudocode for an algorithm to find the maximum element in an array of integers  a) Determine a loop invariant for this algorithm  b) Use your loop invariant to prove the correctness of this algorithm    MAX(A) n= A.length  largest = - infinity  for i = 1 to n    If A[i] > largest       largest = A[i]    return largest

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Following is pseudocode for an algorithm to find the maximum element in an array of integers 

a) Determine a loop invariant for this algorithm 

b) Use your loop invariant to prove the correctness of this algorithm 

 

MAX(A)

n= A.length 

largest = - infinity 

for i = 1 to n

   If A[i] > largest 

     largest = A[i]
   return largest 

 

 

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