7.4 - Make Union Find Initialization
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What does the 'make union-find' operation do?
💡 Hint: Think about how each element relates to others initially.
What key operation allows us to merge two components together?
💡 Hint: Consider the goal of combining disjoint sets.
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What does the 'make union-find' operation establish?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens at the very start of the process.
Path compression is used primarily to optimize which operation?
💡 Hint: Think about which operations rely on following paths.
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Consider a set of numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. After executing a series of union operations: union(1, 2), union(2, 3), and union(4, 5), describe the pointer structure.
💡 Hint: Visualize each operation step-by-step.
If you perform find(2) on the structure created above with path compression enabled, what would be the new structure?
💡 Hint: Consider how paths change after each 'find' operation.
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