Recurrence Relation

Question 1
For constants a\geq 1 and b \gt 1, consider the following recurrence defined on the non-negative integers:

T(n) = a \cdot T \left(\dfrac{n}{b} \right) + f(n)

Which one of the following options is correct about the recurrence T(n)?
A
if f(n) is n \log_2(n), then T(n) is \Theta(n \log_2(n)).
B
if f(n) is \dfrac{n}{\log_2(n)}, then T(n) is \Theta(\log_2(n)).
C
if f(n) is O(n^{\log_b(a)-\epsilon}) for some \epsilon \gt 0, then T(n) is \Theta(n ^{\log_b(a)}).
D
if f(n) is \Theta(n ^{\log_b(a)}), then T(n) is \Theta(n ^{\log_b(a)}).
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Question 2
Consider the following recurrence relation.
T\left ( n \right )=\left\{\begin{array} {lcl} T(n/2)+T(2n/5)+7n & \text{if} \; n > 0\\1 & \text{if}\; n=0 \end{array}\right.
Which one of the following options is correct?
A
T(n)=\Theta (n^{5/2})
B
T(n)=\Theta (n \log n)
C
T(n)=\Theta (n)
D
T(n)=\Theta ((\log n)^{5/2})
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Question 3
The master theorem
A
assumes the subproblems are unequal sizes
B
can be used if the subproblems are of equal size
C
cannot be used for divide and conquer algorithms
D
cannot be used for asymptotic complexity analysis
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Question 4
For parameters a and b, both of which are \omega(1) , T(n)=T(n^{1/a})+1, and T(b)=1. Then T(n) is
A
\Theta (\log _a \log_b n)
B
\Theta (\log _{ab} n)
C
\Theta (\log _b \log_a n)
D
\Theta (\log _2 \log_2 n)
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Question 5
The running time of an algorithm is given by:
T(n)=\left\{\begin{matrix} T(n-1)+T(n-2)-T(n-3), &\text { if } n>3\\ n, &\text{ otherwise}\end{matrix}\right.
Then what should be the relation between T(1),T(2),T(3), so that the order of the algorithm is constant?
A
T(1) = T(2) = T(3)
B
T(1) + T(3) = 2T(2)
C
T(1) - T(3) = T(2)
D
T(1) + T(2) = T(3)
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Question 6
The recurrence relation that arises in relation with the complexity of binary search is:
A
T(n)=2 T\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)+k, \mathrm{k} \text { is a constant }
B
T(n)=T\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)+k, \mathrm{k} \text { is a constant }
C
T(n)=T\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)+\log n
D
T(n)=T\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)+n
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Question 7
Consider the recurrence function
T(n)=\left\{\begin{matrix} 2T(\sqrt{n})+1, & n \gt 2\\ 2,& 0 \lt n\leq 2 \end{matrix}\right.
Then T(n) in terms of \theta notation is
A
\theta (log log n)
B
\theta (logn)
C
\theta (\sqrt{n})
D
\theta (n)
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Question 8
Consider the following recurrence:
T(n)=2T\left ( \sqrt{n}\right )+1, T(1)=1
Which one of the following is true?
A
T(n)=\Theta (\log\log n)
B
T(n)=\Theta (\log n)
C
T(n)=\Theta (\sqrt{n})
D
T(n)=\Theta (n)
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Question 9
Suppose you want to move from 0 to 100 on the number line. In each step, you either move right by a unit distance or you take a shortcut. A shortcut is simply a pre-specified pair of integers i,j with i \lt j. Given a shortcut i, j if you are at position i on the number line, you may directly move to j. Suppose T(k) denotes the smallest number of steps needed to move from k to 100. suppose further that there is at most 1 shortcut involving any number, and in particular from 9 there is a shortcut to 15. Let y and z be such that T(9) = 1 + min(T(y), T(z)). Then the value of the product yz is_______.
A
100
B
150
C
50
D
200
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Question 10
Which one of the following correctly determines the solution of the recurrence relation with T(1) = 1?
T(n)=2T(\frac{n}{2})+logn
A
\theta (n)
B
\theta (n logn)
C
\theta (n^{2})
D
\theta (log n)
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There are 10 questions to complete.

6 thoughts on “Recurrence Relation”

  2. Question 24 of Recurrence relation
    opt B – (3^(k+1) – 1) / 2
    please remove the extra -1 that is there in the option.

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