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Brayner14
Brayner14
19.10.2019 • 
Computers and Technology

Stooge sort is a "bad" recursive sorting algorithm. given an array a, the algorithm can be defined as follows: step 1: if the value at the leftmost position of the array is larger than the value at the rightmost position then swap values. step 2: if there are 3 or more elements in the array, then:  recursively call stooge sort with the initial 2/3 of the array.  recursively call stooge sort with the last 2/3 of the array.  recursively call stooge sort with the initial 2/3 of the array again. give a recurrence for the number of comparisons executed by the stooge sort algorithm. solve the recurrence to determine the theoretical running time of the stooge sort algorithm.

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