Consider again the modification of the deterministic version of the quick-sort algorithm so that, instead of selecting

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Consider again the modification of the deterministic version of the quick-sort algorithm so that, instead of selecting the last element in an n-element sequence as the pivot, we choose the element at index [n/2]. Describe the kind of sequence that would cause this version of quick-sort to run in Θ(n2) time

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Algorithm Design And Applications

ISBN: 9781118335918

1st Edition

Authors: Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia

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