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Binary search is an efficient algorithm for finding an element in a sorted array.

How can we prove by induction that binary search is correct?

I'm having a hard time understanding how induction, coupled with some invariant, can be used to prove the correctness of …

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Inserting and removing into/from sorted list in Python

I have a sorted list of integers, L, and I have a value X that I wish to insert into …

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Median of a Matrix with sorted rows

I am not able to solve the following problem optimally nor finding an approach to do this anywhere. Given a …

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Returning an element from a TreeSet using binary search

In TreeSet there is a method called contains that returns true if an element is in the set. I assume …

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Binary search to find the rotation point in a rotated sorted list

I have a sorted list which is rotated and would like to do a binary search on that list to …

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How to get the iterator for a successful binary_search?

I want to get the iterator for the element I'm testing for in binary-search. But it only returns a bool …

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Linear Search Python

I am new to python and we were given an assignment to create a linear search program that does not …

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Is golden section search better than binary search?

Recently I've heard an opinion that binary search may be improved by taking by splitting the range by phi (golden …

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What are python's equivalents of std::lower_bound and std::upper_bound C++ algorithms?

Does python provide functions for performing binary search on sorted lists, analogous to the std::lower_bound and std::upper_…

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