7.8 - Find Operation Complexity
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Practice Questions
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What is the time complexity of the find operation in an array-based implementation?
💡 Hint: Think about how quickly you can retrieve the component.
What does the make operation in a union-find data structure do?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to each element initially.
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What is the amortized time complexity for union operations in a pointer-based union-find?
💡 Hint: Think about how unions are formed in the data structure.
True or False: The find operation can be accomplished in constant time in a pointer-based implementation.
💡 Hint: Consider how trees are structured.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a union-find data structure with elements 1 through 10, perform a series of unions and a find operation. Calculate the time complexity for each operation based on the implementation type.
💡 Hint: Make note of unions performed and the resulting structure.
Design a new optimization technique for union-find and compare it against path compression in terms of efficiency.
💡 Hint: Consider methods used in graph algorithms.
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