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Incoming links: Sorting
Let be a saved mathematical copy of the original array. A precise postcondition for sorting isThe precondition is that
a is a non-null array of length . Its length and every unrelated object remain unchanged. The second clause preserves the array multiset, including all multiplicities; ordering alone would also permit overwriting the entire array with zeros. The saved is a specification device and need not be allocated by the implementation.Use three-way quicksort. Fix the pivot value before moving any entries, and group equal entries together so that none needs a recursive call. These helpers and the sorter belong inside an enclosing scope containing The array partitioning loop invariant iswith unclassified. Swaps preserve the segment's array multiset and leave all entries outside it unchanged. The loop variant decreases in every branch. When swapping an entry from the right into
a.def swap(i: Int, j: Int): Unit = {
val t = a(i); a(i) = a(j); a(j) = t
}
def split(l: Int, r: Int): (Int, Int) = {
// Pre: 0 <= l < r <= a.length.
val p = a(l)
var lt = l
var i = l
var gt = r
while (i < gt) {
if (a(i) < p) {
swap(lt, i)
lt += 1
i += 1
} else if (a(i) > p) {
gt -= 1
swap(i, gt)
} else {
i += 1
}
}
(lt, gt)
}
def quicksort(l: Int, r: Int): Unit = {
require(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= a.length)
if (r - l > 1) {
val (lt, gt) = split(l, r)
quicksort(l, lt)
quicksort(gt, r)
}
}
// Sort the whole array with quicksort(0, a.length).i, do not increment i, since the incoming entry still needs classification. At termination,Here the middle segment is nonempty because the original pivot occurs somewhere in the preserved array multiset. Both recursive segments therefore have length strictly smaller than . Mathematical induction on segment length proves that the two recursive calls sort their segments, and their ordering relative to the middle segment proves the complete sorting postcondition.There is no additional array. The call stack and returned boundary pairs still use auxiliary space. An all-equal input takes one linear scan and no nontrivial recursive calls, so its time complexity is for . Balanced partitions give time complexity; a fixed first pivot can still give on adversarial distinct inputs. The worst-case call stack has entries.
Sort once by nondecreasing end time, then retain the most recent meeting:When an interval is inspected, because of the sorted end order. Therefore the interval is already covered exactly when ; otherwise it is the earliest-ending uncovered interval and the algorithm chooses its end. This proves that the scan implements greedy strategy 2. The strict test
Meetings(intervals):
sort intervals by nondecreasing end
result = []
haveMeeting = false
for (s,e) in intervals:
if not haveMeeting or s > lastMeeting:
lastMeeting = e
append e to result
haveMeeting = true
return results > lastMeeting correctly treats equality as covered for closed intervals.The sorting costs comparisons, and the scan costs , with space for the output and constant scan state. Including an empty input, the overall bound is time, conventionally for . Additional sorting space depends on the selected sorting algorithm. Part (d) proves that the returned number of meetings is minimum.
Software library 2026-11-05
A software library is reusable code exposed through an interface for other computer programs to call. It can supply operations such as sorting, text decoding or solving a linear system. Clients depend on the interface and its behavioral contract rather than having to copy the implementation.
A compiled software library can be linked into a computer program or supplied as a shared component loaded for execution. CMake distinguishes static, shared and other library targets in a build description.[ref] For example, two applications can call the same numerical routine with different arrays. Reusing the implementation saves duplication, while both callers must still satisfy its dimension, precision and error-handling requirements. A software package is a distribution unit and can contain several software libraries.