This is the best way currently known- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/best-ideas/mjrty/index.html
On Sep 30, 1:03 am, Christi Massey <masseychri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Q.Assume you have an array A[1:n] of n elements.A majority element of a is > any element occuring in more than n/2 positions(so if n=6 or n=7, any > majority element will occur in at least 4 positions).assume that elements > cannot be ordered or sorted, but can be compared for equality.(you might > think of elements as chips ,and there is a tester that can be used to > determine whether or not chips are identical) > Design an efficient algorithm to find a majority element in A(or determine > that no majority element exists). > May this problem be design in O(n) time?if yes,how? -- 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.