Is'nt this solvable by the majority vote algorithm already discussed in this list?
Ashim. On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:42 AM, lichenga2404 <lichenga2...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are many secret groups in College A.Every student at college A > is a member or these secret group, though membership in one excludes a > student from joining any other group. You wish to determine if any one > of these groups contains more than half of the student population. To > achieve this , you will introduce 2 students to each other: if they > are members of different group , they will smile. If different group , > they will nod. How to determine if any one group has more than half of > the student population as members in O(n) introductions . And justify > the answer. > > -- > 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.