6.8 - Merging Components and Size Considerations
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Practice Questions
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What are the two primary operations of the Union-Find data structure?
💡 Hint: Think about what operations we need to check connectivity and combine components.
What does the find operation do?
💡 Hint: Consider what you need before merging components.
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What does the find operation return?
💡 Hint: Think about the operation's purpose.
True or false: The union operation always merges the larger component into the smaller.
💡 Hint: Recall how we approach component merging.
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Design a Union-Find structure that efficiently handles dynamic connectivity queries. Consider edge cases.
💡 Hint: Think about how each operation affects the structure.
Analyze the worst-case time complexity of union operations in a naive implementation.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how elements are connected.
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