http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/median-of-two-sorted-arrays-of-different-sizes/

This gives a reasonable solution. However, I would use iteration instead of 
tail recursion.

Don

On Monday, January 6, 2014 4:15:41 AM UTC-5, atul007 wrote:
>
> @dave : could you provide pseudo code for ur approach
> On 6 Jan 2014 07:39, "Dave" <dave_an...@juno.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Use a binary search. Assume that you have arrays a[m] and b[n] sorted in 
>> ascending order. If a[i] is the kth smallest element, then b[k-i-2] must be 
>> smaller than a[i], and b[k-i-1] must be larger (assuming arrays are 
>> zero-based). After using a binary search to find the value of i to meet 
>> this condition with k = (m+n)/2, you have to determine if a[i] or b[k-i-1] 
>> is the final answer. The complexity is O(log m).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Sunday, January 5, 2014 5:34:12 AM UTC-6, Sanjay Rajpal wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Please help me in finding median of two sorted arrays of length m and n 
>>> in minimum possible time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sanjay
>>>
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