4.3 - Recursive Solutions and Their Limitations
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What is edit distance?
💡 Hint: Think about character changes.
Name one application of document similarity.
💡 Hint: Consider academic settings.
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What is the primary purpose of calculating edit distance?
💡 Hint: Consider the context of documents.
True or False: Recursion can sometimes lead to computing the same values multiple times.
💡 Hint: Think about how recursion unfolds.
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Calculate the edit distance between the strings "sunday" and "saturday".
💡 Hint: Think about each character and what changes are needed.
Can you devise a dynamic programming solution to compute Fibonacci numbers up to n?
💡 Hint: Focus on building the solution incrementally.
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