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A Tale of Two Trees: New Analysis for AVL Tree and Binary Heap

Data Structures and Algorithms 2020-10-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we provide new insights and analysis for the two elementary tree-based data structures - the AVL tree and binary heap. We presented two simple properties that gives a more direct way of relating the size of an AVL tree and the Fibonacci recurrence to establish the AVL tree's logarithmic height. We then give a potential function-based analysis of the bottom-up heap construction to get a simpler and tight bound for its worst-case running-time.

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@article{arxiv.2010.04752,
  title  = {A Tale of Two Trees: New Analysis for AVL Tree and Binary Heap},
  author = {Russel L. Villacarlos and Jaime M. Samaniego and Arian J. Jacildo and Maria Art Antonette D. Clariño},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.04752},
  year   = {2020}
}

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4 pages

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