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What is recurrence for worst case of QuickSort and what is the time complexity in Worst case?
(A) Recurrence is T(n) = T(n-2) + O(n) and time complexity is O(n^2)
(B) Recurrence is T(n) = T(n-1) + O(n) and time complexity is O(n^2)
(C) Recurrence is T(n) = 2T(n/2) + O(n) and time complexity is O(nLogn)
(D) Recurrence is T(n) = T(n/10) + T(9n/10) + O(n) and time complexity is O(nLogn)


Answer: (B)

Explanation: The worst case of QuickSort occurs when the picked pivot is always one of the corner elements in sorted array. In worst case, QuickSort recursively calls one subproblem with size 0 and other subproblem with size (n-1). So recurrence is

T(n) = T(n-1) + T(0) + O(n)

The above expression can be rewritten as

T(n) = T(n-1) + O(n)




void exchange(int *a, int *b)
{
  int temp;
  temp = *a;
  *a   = *b;
  *b   = temp;
}
   
int partition(int arr[], int si, int ei)
{
  int x = arr[ei];
  int i = (si - 1);
  int j;
   
  for (j = si; j <= ei - 1; j++)
  {
    if(arr[j] <= x)
    {
      i++;
      exchange(&arr[i], &arr[j]);
    }
  }
   
  exchange (&arr[i + 1], &arr[ei]);
  return (i + 1);
}
   
/* Implementation of Quick Sort
arr[] --> Array to be sorted
si  --> Starting index
ei  --> Ending index
*/
void quickSort(int arr[], int si, int ei)
{
  int pi;    /* Partitioning index */
  if(si < ei)
  {
    pi = partition(arr, si, ei);
    quickSort(arr, si, pi - 1);
    quickSort(arr, pi + 1, ei);
  }
}



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