Description
Q1 Mysterious Function (30 point)
What’s the worst case runtime of the following function? Please remember to define n, provide a
tight upper bound.
public static void mystery1(int z) {
System.out.println(z);
if (z >= 10) {
mystery1(z/10);
System.out.println(z);
}
}
Q2 Exponentiation (Fast?) (40 points)
● What’s the best case, worst case, and average-case runtime of pow? Assume n =
power. Please remember to define n, provide a tight upper bound.
algorithm pow
Input: positive integer b, non-negative integer p
Output: computing b^p (i.e. b raised to power of p)
if p = 0
return 1
else if p = 1
return b
else if p is even
temp = pow(b, p / 2)
return temp * temp
else
return b * b * pow(b, p-2)
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Q3 QuickSort (30 point)
Given the QuickSort implementation from class, provide an 18-element list that will take the
least number of recursive calls of QuickSort to complete.
As a counter-example, here is a list that will cause QuickSort to make the MOST number of
recursive calls:
public static List input() {
return Arrays.asList(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
}
And here’s the QuickSort algorithm, for convenience:
algorithm QuickSort
Input: lists of integers lst of size N
Output: new list with the elements of lst in sorted order
if N < 2
return lst
pivot = lst[N-1]
left = new empty list
right = new empty list
for index i = 0, 1, 2, … N-2
if lst[i] <= pivot
left.add(lst[i])
else
right.add(lst[i])
return QuickSort(left) + [pivot] + QuickSort(right)
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