6.6 - Union Find Complexity Analysis
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Practice Questions
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What are the two main operations of the Union-Find data structure?
💡 Hint: Think about how we check connectivity and merge components.
Explain path compression in your own words.
💡 Hint: Consider how you can represent connections more efficiently.
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What does the find operation do in a Union-Find data structure?
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of the operation.
True or False: The union operation is always faster than the find operation.
💡 Hint: Consider how merging is handled.
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Given a series of union operations: union(1, 2), union(2, 3), union(4, 5), union(1, 4). What is the final representation of the components?
💡 Hint: Visualize the unions as connections between nodes.
Explain how the efficiency of Kruskal's algorithm changes with the introduction of the Union-Find structure.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of fast merging and querying of components.
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