Radix sort _is_ dependent on the length of keys. If the radix is R, then the sort must make ceiling(log_R(k)) passes over the data. Increasing the R to decrease the number of passes has a storage cost: you need R buckets.
On Oct 2, 3:04 pm, Mridul Malpani <malpanimri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Radix sort is independent of the range and only depends on the number > of items. > > here k=max value= n^3. > since , radix sort is independent of k, so here also it sorts "n > integers" in O(n). > > On Oct 2, 10:38 pm, "Harshal ..Bet oN iT!!" <hc4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > this theorem is true for comparision sorts only! counting sort is not a > > comparison sort. -- 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.
