Consider modifying the PARTITION procedure by randomly picking three elements from array A and partitioning about their

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Consider modifying the PARTITION procedure by randomly picking three elements from array A and partitioning about their median (the middle value of the three elements). Approximate the probability of getting at worst an α-to-(1 – α) split, as a function of α in the range 0 < α < 1.

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Introduction to Algorithms

ISBN: 978-0262033848

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest

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