13.1.3 - Example of Merging Sorted Lists
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What is merge sort?
💡 Hint: Think about the concept of splitting and merging.
Describe the base case for merge sort.
💡 Hint: Consider how recursion stops.
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What is the time complexity of merge sort?
💡 Hint: Think about how many times we divide the data.
True or False: Merge sort is faster than insertion sort for any given input size.
💡 Hint: Consider their performance characteristics.
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Given an array [20, 5, 23, 12, 1, 19, 3], implement merge sort and show step-by-step sorting.
💡 Hint: Keep tracking the midpoints during splits.
Compare merge sort and quicksort for sorting a large dataset with duplicates. Which might perform better and why?
💡 Hint: Consider how the presence of duplicates affects partitions in quicksort.
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