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CS130N Problem set 4: BST and height balancing

1.
Write out algorithms for following operations on a binary search tree: search, finding maximum and minimum, insertion and deletion. Assuming that the height of the BST is O(h), estimate the time requied for each of these operations.
2.
Repeat that analysis done in the class to show that if the input tokens arrive at random according to uniform distribution, then, on the average, the height of a binary search tree is $O(\log{n})$.
3.
Derive the average case recurrence for Quicksort and show the similarities with the recurrence derived in the previous problem. Why are the recurrences similar?
4.
Draw the complete binary tree of height 3 on the keys $\{1,2,\ldots,15\}$. Add the NIL leaves and colour the nodes in three different ways such that the black heights of the resulting Red-Black trees are 2, 3 and 4.
5.
Suppose that root of a Red-Black tree is red. If we make it black, does the tree remain a Red-Black tree?
6.
Show that the longest simple path from a node x in a Red-Black tree to a descendant leaf has length at most twice that of the shortest simple path from node x to a descendant leaf.
7.
What is the largest possible number of internal nodes in a red-black tree with black height k? What is the smallest possible number?
8.
Describe a Red-Black tree on n keys that realizes the largest possible ratio of red internal nodes to black internal nodes. What is this ratio? What tree has the smallest possible ratio? What is the ratio?
9.
Construct an algorithm for deleting a node in a RB tree and show that this can be accomplishes in $O(\log{n})$ steps.
10.
Study the algorithms for insertion and deletion in an AVL tree.
11.
What is the worst case example of a height balanced tree?


 
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Subhashis Banerjee
2/19/2001