Problem Set 4 Solution

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Additional instructions




All nal Big-Oh, Omega, and Theta expressions should be fully simplied according to three rules:



don't include constant factors (so O(n), not O(3n)), don't include slower-growing terms (so O(n2), not O(n2 + n)), and don't include

oor or ceiling functions.




You may use common algebraic properties of logarithms (change of base, log of a product, etc.), and the fact that for all x; y 2 R+, x y , log x log y.



For questions in which you're analysing algorithms, you may use (without proving them) all of the theorems given in the Properties of Big-Oh, Omega, and Theta handout, as long as you clearly state which theorems you are using.



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[18 marks] vertex degree Recall the denition of the degree of a vertex:



De nition 1 (degree of v, d(v)). d(v): jf(v; u) j (v; u) 2 Egj, for v 2 V; G = (V; E)




(a) [3 marks] Prove that for any graph G = (V; E) the number of vertices with odd degree is even.




(b) [3 marks] Let G = (V; E) be a graph with 4 vertices and the following (incomplete) list of degrees:




d(v1) = 1



d(v2) = 2



d(v3) = 3



Provide a complete list of edges that could satisfy the above list of degrees as well as including vertex v4. Prove that your solution is the only one possible.




[3 marks] Prove that every graph G = (V; E) that has at least one vertex v with degree d(v) = n must also have jV j § n + 1.



[3 marks] Prove that every graph G = (V; E) where 8v 2 V; d(v) = 2 has a cycle.



[3 marks] Prove that every graph G = (V; E) where 8v 2 V; d(v) § jV j 3 and jV j 4 is connected. Hint: Assume the graph is not connected and count the vertices adjacent to a pair of disconnected vertices.



[3 marks] Add the degrees in the previous part and use this sum to calculate the number of edges. Compare your result to Example 6.6 and Example 6.7 from the course notes and explain the con-nection (or lack thereof).



[6 marks] binary representation Read Theorem 4.1, as well as its proof. It is useful to insist that there be a unique (one and only one) binary representation for integers. This can be done by specifying the number of bits in the representation:



[3 marks] Prove the following:



p




For every number n 2 N+, there is a unique representation of n in the following form: n = Xbi2i,

i=0

where p is the smallest integer such that 2 p+1 n, p is non-negative, and bp; : : : ; b0 2 f0; 1g.




[3 marks] Use the previous question and some reasoning about 0 to show that there is a unique binary representation of every natural number. Explain why it wasn't just possible to make the domain of the previous proof \every number n 2 N"?



[14 marks] algorithm analysis



[3 marks] Prove the claim in Exercise 5.4. The useful formula should be a summation over iri rather than ixi.



[2 marks] Use precise reasoning to nd the average run-time in Exercise 5.4 if the words \1 and 10" are replaced by \1 and 500."



[3 marks] Dene the input size of counter (below) as n = s + u. Find, and prove, a big-Theta bound in terms of n for the worst-case run-time of counter.



[3 marks] Now, nd and prove, a big-Theta bound in terms of n for the best-case run-time of counter.















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[3 marks] Based on the previous two questions, what (if anything) can you say about a big-Theta bound on the average run-time of counter? Explain.






# assume s, u are natural numbers



# and that u < 7



def counter(s, u):



steps = 0



while s + u 0:



if u == 0:



7
u
=
6
8
s
=
s - 1



else:



10 u = u - 1




steps = steps + 1



return steps






















































































































































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