@jalaj: u are more or less right....actually u check first that whether the given seq first increases or dec then accordingly call function....here u have assumed that seq first increases n then decreases so first u better check either increases or decreases.....bt overall good buddy......!!!
On 2/14/11, jalaj jaiswal <jalaj.jaiswa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 5 7 9 17 21 20 19 18 > > monotonic sequence consists of one increasing and 1 decreasing sequence > so first lets find out pivot position .. can be done with modified binary > search to find out two array > first then applying binary search on both the arrays.. total O(logn) + > O(logn1) +O(logn2) n>n1,n2 > > int modi_binary(int *a,int i, int j){ > if(i<j){ > int mid=(i+j)/2; > if((a[mid]>a[mid+1])&&(a[mid-1]<a[mid])) return mid; > else if(a[mid]>a[mid-1])&&(a[mid]<a[mid+1]) return modi_binary(int > *a,int mid+1, int j); > else if(a[mid]<a[mid-1])&&(a[mid]>a[mid+1]) return modi_binary(int > *a,int i, int mid-1); > } > if(i==j) return i; > } > > int search(int *a,int low,int high, int key){ > int pivot=modi_binary(a,low,high); > int k1=binaryserach(a,low,k-1,key); > int k2=binarysearch(a,k,high,key); //normal binary search > return k1?k1:k2 //i'm assuming only 1 occurence of key > } > > > correct me if i am wrong !!!! > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:40 PM, MONSIEUR <monsieur....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> how will you search an element in a bitonic sequence.... Time >> complexity should be lessthan 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 algogeeks@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. >> >> > > > -- > With Regards, > *Jalaj Jaiswal* (+919019947895) > Software developer, Cisco Systems > B.Tech IIIT ALLAHABAD > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@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. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@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.