Question: Consider the following algorithm (A[1..n] is an array of numbers): for i = 1 to n -1 { min = i; for j = i+1

  1. Consider the following algorithm (A[1..n] is an array of numbers):

    for i = 1 to n -1 { min = i;

    for j = i+1 to n do { if (A[j] < A[min])

    min = j;

    }

    swap(A[i], A[min]) // exchange their contents }

    1. a) Guess what the algorithm does.

    2. b) Give an asymptotically (worst case) tight bound for the running time of

      the algorithm. Explain your answer.

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