@Dave: thanks. Knew it wasn't as simple as that. Any other solution
you can think of?

On Aug 29, 12:46 pm, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
> @Bugaboo: No. Consider these trees:
>
>       a
>      /  \
>     b   c
>    /      \
>   d       e
>  /          \
> f            g
>
>       a
>      /  \
>     b   c
>    /      \
>   d       e
>  /  \
> f    g
>
> Dave
>
> On Aug 29, 10:37 am, bugaboo <bharath.sri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > The question I originally asked was meant for strict isomorphic trees.
> > Now, let's assume the trees can be quasi-isomorphic, i.e 2 binary
> > trees are called quasi-isomorphic if they have the same structure
> > after flipping any of the right/left sub-trees any number of times.
> > How do you do it?
>
> > My initial solution which appears seemingly simple but can't come up
> > with a test case that fails.
>
> > - Count the number of nodes at every level for both trees. If they are
> > the same, then they are quasi-isomorphic. I know this is a necessary
> > condition but is this sufficient as well?
>
> > On Aug 29, 7:37 am, bugaboo <bharath.sri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > The definition is interpreted as either strictly isomorphic or quasi-
> > > isomorphic but technically (technically) isomorphic binary trees do
> > > not require any transformation themselves. See below 
> > > link:http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring00/cps100/assign/trees/
>
> > > Bharath.
>
> > > On Aug 28, 11:53 pm, muthu raj <muthura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > In Amazon written test Isomorphic trees were defined as those in which a
> > > > series of flips can transform one tree to another.
> > > > *Muthuraj R
> > > > IV th Year , ISE
> > > > PESIT , Bangalore*
>
> > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:52 AM,bugaboo<bharath.sri...@gmail.com> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > @Navneet,
>
> > > > > What you are talking about are "quasi-isomorphic" trees where trees
> > > > > can be changed a bit (flip right/left sub-trees to be precise) to make
> > > > > them isomorphic. An "isomorphic" tree does not need any
> > > > > transformation, they are similar in structure by themselves.
>
> > > > > On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Navneet <navneetn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > @Dave,
>
> > > > > > From the definition of isomorphic trees(not in ques given), what i
> > > > > > know of is that one can be transformed into another. The above three
> > > > > > are then isomorphic to each other.
>
> > > > > > @Bugaboo, can you clarify what exactly do you mean by isomorphic
> > > > > > here?
>
> > > > > > On Aug 28, 9:25 pm, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > @Naveet: So we have a question of semantics. Do these three trees 
> > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > the same structure:
>
> > > > > > >      a
> > > > > > >     /
> > > > > > >   b
> > > > > > >  /
> > > > > > > c
>
> > > > > > > and
>
> > > > > > > a
> > > > > > >  \
> > > > > > >   b
> > > > > > >    \
> > > > > > >     c
>
> > > > > > > and
>
> > > > > > > a
> > > > > > >  \
> > > > > > >   b
> > > > > > >  /
> > > > > > > c
>
> > > > > > > I say "no," but perhaps you say "yes."
>
> > > > > > > Dave
>
> > > > > > > On Aug 28, 9:35 am, Navneet <navneetn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Dave, that is why i have an OR condition between. Each side of 
> > > > > > > > OR has
> > > > > > > > two calls with AND in between.
>
> > > > > > > > Basically at any node, you will have to invoke with two 
> > > > > > > > combinations
> > > > > > > > ((left,left) AND (right,right) OR (left,right) AND (right,left))
>
> > > > > > > > Let me know if you think that's not required.
>
> > > > > > > > On Aug 28, 6:02 pm, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > @Navneet: Don't we want both subtrees to be isomorphic?
>
> > > > > > > > > Dave
>
> > > > > > > > > On Aug 28, 6:40 am, Navneet <navneetn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Dave,
>
> > > > > > > > > > I think the last condition should be
>
> > > > > > > > > > return (AreIsomorphic(tree1->left, tree2->left) &&
> > > > > AreIsomorphic(tree1->right,tree2->right)) ||
>
> > > > > > > > > >        (AreIsomorphic(tree1->left, tree2->right) &&
> > > > > > > > > > AreIsomorphic(tree1->right,tree2->left))
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Aug 28, 3:39 pm, Ankur Garg <ankurga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Daves solution looks cool to me...shud work :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Nice one Dave :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > > > > > > Ankur
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Ankur Garg <
> > > > > ankurga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > cant we just count the no of nodes in each level and 
> > > > > > > > > > > > compare
> > > > > them with the
> > > > > > > > > > > > second one..
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > if the numbers are same trees can be said to be 
> > > > > > > > > > > > isomorphic
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Dave <
> > > > > dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> @Bugaboo: Use recursion. Assuming
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> struct tree_node {
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    tree_node *left;
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    tree_node *right;
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    int data;
> > > > > > > > > > > >> };
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> int AreIsomorphic(tree_node tree1, tree_node tree2)
> > > > > > > > > > > >> {
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    if( tree1 == NULL && tree2 == NULL )
> > > > > > > > > > > >>        return TRUE; // both trees are null
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    if( tree1 == NULL || tree2 == NULL)
> > > > > > > > > > > >>        return FALSE; // one tree is null, the other is 
> > > > > > > > > > > >> not
> > > > > > > > > > > >>    return AreIsomorphic(tree1->left,tree2->left) &&
> > > > > > > > > > > >>             AreIsomorphic(tree1->right,tree2->right);
> > > > > > > > > > > >> }
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Dave
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 27, 12:05 pm,bugaboo<bharath.sri...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > Considering the definition of binary tree 
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > isomorphism is
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > following:
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > - 2 binary trees are isomorphic if they have the same
> > > > > structure but
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > differ just by values.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > What is the logic (or pseudo code) for checking if 
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > two
> > > > > binary trees
> > > > > > > > > > > >> > are isomorphic?
>
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