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Simulation: Union (U) and Find (F)

The document describes performing a series of union-find operations on a set S containing integers 1 through 6. It simulates the operations step-by-step using a disjoint-set data structure with path compression. The most efficient way to perform these operations is using union by rank and path compression, which takes O(α(n)) time on average where α is the extremely slow-growing inverse Ackermann function.

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Simulation: Union (U) and Find (F)

The document describes performing a series of union-find operations on a set S containing integers 1 through 6. It simulates the operations step-by-step using a disjoint-set data structure with path compression. The most efficient way to perform these operations is using union by rank and path compression, which takes O(α(n)) time on average where α is the extremely slow-growing inverse Ackermann function.

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set S={1,2,3,4,5,6} where S ={i} for of Union (U) and Find (F) operations:

Consider a
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1<=i<=6. We want to perform a series

U(1,3),U(4,5),F(2),U(1,2),U(1,6),F(5),U(1,4). Discuss an efficient way of doing these operations and


mention the time complexity of your algorithm.

SIMULATION
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U(1,3)----1 and 3 are in sets 1 and 3, and both are singleton sets, so by the weighting rule either can be made the parent of the other. 3 4 5 6

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U(4,5)---4 and 5 are in singleton sets 4 and 5. So we can make either of them the parent of the other. 2 3 5 6

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F(2) gives 2 in set number two, no collapsing is involved. U(1,2)--- 1 is in set no. 3 and 2 is in set no. 2, with 2 and 1 elements respectively. By the weighting rule 3 is made the parent of 2. 3 5 6

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U(1,6)---1 is in set no. 3 which has a cardinality of 3, and 6 is in set 6 with a cardinality of 1. The former is made the parent of the latter.

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F(5) --- 5 is in set no. 5 and no collapsing is involved. U(1,4)---1 is in set no. 3 which has a cardinality of 4, and 4 is in set 5 which has a cardinality of 2. By the weighting rule 3 becomes the parent of 5.

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Note:- If we now have F(4) then the collapsing rule applies to the above.

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