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(Solved): 1. (16 points) Merge is an important subroutine for mergesort. It is an algorithm that takes two so ...



1. (16 points) Merge is an important subroutine for mergesort. It is an algorithm that takes two sorted lists and outputs a s
1. (16 points) Merge is an important subroutine for mergesort. It is an algorithm that takes two sorted lists and outputs a sorted list of all the elements in the two lists. 1. 2. 3. output (empty list) 4. while and : 5. if : 6. output output 7. 8. else: 9. output output 10. 11. if : 12. return output 13. else: 14. return output (a) (5 points) In order to prove the correctness of this algorithm, prove the following loop invariant: After iterations, output is sorted (b) (5 points) In order to analyze the runtime, prove the following loop invariant: After iterations, there are exactly elements in output (c) (3 points) Using the fact that output will have exactly elements and the loop invariant above, give a justification of why the algorithm is correct. (d) (3 points) Using the fact that output will have exactly elements and the loop invariant above, give a brief justification of why the runtime of this algorithm is


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The question is about Merge subroutine used in the MergeSort algorithm. Merge takes two sorted lists as input and merges them into a single sorted list





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