@mukesh, nope, you do not need to know the range. are you thinking about array? ankit's solution is the implementation of "bucket" logic.
On Oct 6, 11:47 am, Mukesh Gupta <mukeshgupta.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Ankit: Insertion in hashmap in O(n) in worst case. As long as range of the > numbers is not known we cannot predict whether the algo will run in linear > time. > Any other idea for O(n)?? > > Mukesh Gupta > Delhi College of Engineering > > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:32 PM, sourav <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @Mukesh > > > Thanks for your attempt. But the question asks for liner or sublinear > > solution. > > > Sourav > > > On Oct 6, 3:50 pm, Mukesh Gupta <mukeshgupta.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Keep inserting elements in a binary search tree and break once you get > > > the find the element in the tree. > > > Complexity=O(n log n) > > > > On 10/5/10, sourav <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > You are given an array of positive numbers in which one number is > > > > repeated. Rest all are present only once. Find the duplicate number in > > > > linear or sub linear time. > > > > > -- > > > > 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. > > > > -- > > > > Mukesh Gupta > > > Delhi College of Engineering > > > -- > > 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.
