15.1 - Quicksort
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Practice Questions
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What is Quicksort?
💡 Hint: Think about how it sorts without needing extra storage.
Who invented Quicksort?
💡 Hint: Consider prominent figures in computer science.
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What is the time complexity of Quicksort in the average case?
💡 Hint: Consider the efficiency of other sorting algorithms as a comparison.
True or False: The choice of the pivot in Quicksort does not affect performance.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how a well-balanced partition helps efficiency.
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Given the array [9, 4, 8, 3, 7], implement Quicksort and demonstrate the complete sorting process with all partitioning steps.
💡 Hint: Identify the pivot selections and result after each partition.
Illustrate a scenario where selecting the first element as a pivot leads to the worst-case performance.
💡 Hint: Look at how the partitioning occurs with each choice of pivot.
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