Algorithms | Analysis of Algorithms | Question 14

In the following C function, let n >= m.

int gcd(n,m)
{
  if (n%m ==0) return m;
  n = n%m;
  return gcd(m, n);
}

How many recursive calls are made by this function?
(A) (logn)
(B) (n)
(C) (loglogn)
(D) (sqrt(n))
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D


Answer: (A)

Explanation: Above code is implementation of the Euclidean algorithm for finding Greatest Common Divisor (GCD).
Please see http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EuclideanAlgorithm.html for time complexity.

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