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The document discusses a pseudocode program that calls functions f(n) and g(n). It asks (a) to express the return value of g(n) in terms of n, (b) the time complexity of g(n), and (c) a recurrence relation for the number of lines printed by f(n). It then shows the work to solve the recurrence relation exactly for part (d).

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The document discusses a pseudocode program that calls functions f(n) and g(n). It asks (a) to express the return value of g(n) in terms of n, (b) the time complexity of g(n), and (c) a recurrence relation for the number of lines printed by f(n). It then shows the work to solve the recurrence relation exactly for part (d).

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This question is to be attempted individually.

Consider the following pseudocode: int f(int n) { if


(n>1) { f(n/2); f(n/2); for(int i = 1; i <= g(n); i++) { println("Hello world!"); } f(n/2); } } int g(int n)
{ int sum = 0; for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) sum += i; return sum; } Here println() is a function that
prints a line of text. Assume n is a power of 2. (a) Express the return value of g(n) in terms of n.
[5 marks] (b) What is the time complexity of g(n), in terms of n and in big-O? [5 marks] (c) Let
T(n) be the number of lines printed by f(n). Write down a recurrence formula for T(n), including
the base case. [5 marks] (d) Solve the recurrence in (c), showing your working steps. For full
credit give the exact answer (not big-O) and do not use Master Theorem. [20 marks]

(a) in g(n) we are doing summation like

1+2+3+4...till n = n*(n+1)/2

hence return value is n*(n+1)/2

(b) since we are running the loop for i to n hence time complexiyt is O(n)

(c) here the recurrence formula is

T(n) = 2*T(n/2) + n*(n+1)/2 // as g(n) returns n*(n+1)/2

(d) here T(n/2) = 2*T(n/4)+ (n/2)*(n/2+1)/2

putting in equation abve we get

T(n) = 4*T(n/4) + n*(n+1)/2+ 2*n/2*(n/2+1)/2 = 4*T(n/4)+n*(n+1)/2+n*(n+1)/4

similarly we get the sum as


n*(n+1)/2 + n*(n+1)/4 + n*(n+1)/8 ....logn terms

= n*(n+1) [ 1/2+1/4+1/8... ] = n*(n+1)* [ 0.5^logn]

this is the exact answer!

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