Practice Union-Find Operations - 5.5.2 | 5. Kruskal's Algorithm | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 2
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Union-Find Operations

5.5.2 - Union-Find Operations

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Find operation do in Union-Find?

💡 Hint: Think about how you identify groups.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of the Union operation?

💡 Hint: Consider the process of combining groups.

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Question 1

What does the Union operation do?

It finds a vertex component
It connects two components
It deletes an edge

💡 Hint: Think about merging groups together.

Question 2

The Find operation helps to:

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about finding out what group you're in.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Implement a Union-Find data structure with path compression and union by rank in Python. Explain how it improves efficiency.

💡 Hint: Focus on how each operation alters the arrays.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain a scenario where the Union-Find algorithm could fail or be less efficient than other methods.

💡 Hint: Consider the trade-offs between time complexity and the nature of the dataset.

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