Question: You are given an array A of n distinct integers sorted in ascending order. You need to find a fixed point in the array if
You are given an array A of distinct integers sorted in ascending order. You need to find a fixed point in the array if one exists. A fixed point in an array is an index i such that You decide to use a binary search algorithm to efficiently find a fixed point. The algorithm works as follows:
Initialize two indices, low larr and high larrn
While low high, do the following:
Compute mid larr low high
If mid mid, then mid is a fixed point, and you return mid.
If mid mid, then you search the right half of the array by setting low mid
Otherwise, you search the left half of the array by setting high mid
If no fixed point is found, return
Which of the following statements is correct about the above algorithm?
The algorithm can find a fixed point in time complexity.
The algorithm guarantees to find all fixed points in the array.
The algorithm works correctly only if the array contains nonnegative integers.
The algorithm can find a fixed point in time complexity and works correctly for any array of distinct integers sorted in ascending order.
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