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Analysis of binary search. Prove that the maximum number of compares used for a binary sea...

Analysis of binary search. Prove that the maximum number of compares used for a binary search in a table of size N is precisely the number of bits in the binary representation of N, because the operation of shifting 1 bit to the right converts the binary representation of N into the binary representation of [N/2].

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 3.1