use radix sort....... and the answer is 0. ;) On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:52 AM, sunny agrawal <sunny816.i...@gmail.com>wrote:
> n+lgn-2 no of comparisions will do > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM, shiv narayan > <narayan.shiv...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Describe an optimal algorithm to find the second minimum number in an >> array of numbers. What is the exact number of comparisons required in >> the worst case? Note that they didn't ask the order in Big-Oh >> notation. They wanted the exact number of comparisons. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Sunny Aggrawal > B-Tech IV year,CSI > Indian Institute Of Technology,Roorkee > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.