In line 16 of RB-INSERT, we set the color of the newly inserted node z to red.

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In line 16 of RB-INSERT, we set the color of the newly inserted node z to red. Observe that if we had chosen to set z’s color to black, then property 4 of a red black tree would not be violated. Why didn’t we choose to set z’s color to black?

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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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