CSCI 580 Homework Assignment #1 (Due: Mon. Feb. 2)

  1. [10 point] Problem 2-2, Page 38.
  2. [20 point] (A) Group the following so that f and g are in the same group if and only if f=Θ(g). (List the groups formed from the lowest to highest rank.)
    (B) List all the functions that are O(n2) but not O(n).
    n+2n/lg n+lg n, 3lg lg n, 2n+n/lg n, lg lg(n2), (3 lg lg n)2, n3-n2lg n, 2n, 12 n lg(n2)-4n, n16/3, 4n+12nlg n, 2n+n35, n2n.
  3. [10 point] Exercises 4.1-6, Page 67.
  4. [20 point] Exercise 4.4-2, Page 84.
  5. [30 point] Problem 4-4 (a,c--f,h), Page 86.
  6. [10 point] Prove Σ i=0..d aini =Θ(nd) where ai are constants and ad>0. (Note: you need to find c1, c2, and n0).