@souravsain: Given an array of n elements and an integer k where k<n. Elemnts > > {a[0].....a[k] and a[k+1].....a[n] are already sorted.
As per the question a{0} to a{k} is sorted and a{K+1} to a{n} is sorted so we look at the sequence in a{0} to a{k} and {n} to a{k+1} it makes a bitonic sequence. and if we apply bitonic merge on it, it gives a final sorted sequence. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:23 AM, souravsain <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Anand > > Please explain how you concluded that the array will first > continuously increase and then continuously decrease? Why can it not > be 2 continuous increase like [1,2,3,4,5,3,4,8] where [1,2,3,4,5] and > [3,4,8] are a[1] to a[k] and a[k+1] to a[N] respectively? Whill your > method work still? > > @Ankur, Correct me if my interpretation of the question is wrong. > > Sourav > > On Jul 3, 1:32 am, Anand <anandut2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is an example of bitonic sequence if we reverse the bottom half of > the > > array. > > Sequence is called Bitonics if the sequence of number first > > increases(ascending order) and then decrease(descending order). > > > > 1. We need to reverse the bottom half the array to make it bitonic. > > 2. Appy Bitonic Merge to get the final sorted array.: Complexity.O(n) > > > > In the below code, I have implemented sorting n/w to sort any kind of > array > > but for bitonic sequence we only bitonic merge function call which take > > O(n). > > Refer section Sorting network from Corman for more details > > > > http://codepad.org/ZhYEBqMw > > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM, ANKUR BHARDWAJ <ankibha...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Given an array of n elements and an integer k where k<n. Elemnts > > > {a[0].....a[k] and a[k+1].....a[n] are already sorted. Give an > > > algorithm to sort in O(n) time and O(1) space. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.