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What is the worst-case time complexity of the quicksort algorithm?
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Computer Science
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Algorithms
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Sorting
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O(n log n)
O(log n)
O(n)
O(n^2)
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When partitions are maximally unbalanced (e.g. already-sorted input with poor pivot choice), quicksort degrades to O(n^2).…
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- Computer Science
- Topic:
- Algorithms
- Subtopic:
- Sorting
- Difficulty:
- medium
- Source:
- CLRS Introduction to Algorithms 3rd Ed Ch.7
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