Dr. Wayne has a new way to do open addressing, where, for a key k, if the

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Dr. Wayne has a new way to do open addressing, where, for a key k, if the cell h(k) is occupied, then he suggests trying (h(k) + i · f(k)) mod N, for i = 1, 2, 3,..., until finding an empty cell, where f(k) is a random hash function returning values from 1 to N − 1. Explain what can go wrong with Dr. Wayne’s scheme if N is not prime.

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Algorithm Design And Applications

ISBN: 9781118335918

1st Edition

Authors: Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia

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