I was recently told that AVL sort is not in place. Can anyone please explain it? From the below code, I am not sure where I assign extra space when sorting. In this code, when a data structure is built or an element are inserted, elements are ordered by their key.
Reference for the claim: They are using this claim to motivate "binary heap"
[1].https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-006-introduction-to-algorithms-spring-2020/lecture-notes/MIT6_006S20_r08.pdf
Reference for code:
def height(A):
if A: return A.height
else: return -1
class Binary_Node:
def __init__(self, x):
self.item = x
self.parent = None
self.left = None
self.right = None
self.subtree_update()
def subtree_update(self):
self.height = 1 + max(height(self.left), height(self.right))
def subtree_iter(self):
if self.left: yield from self.left.subtree_iter()
yield self
if self.right: yield from self.right.subtree_iter()
def subtree_first(self):
if self.left: return self.left.subtree_first()
else: return self
def subtree_last(self):
if self.right: return self.right.subtree_last()
else: return self
def sucessor(self):
if self.right: return self.right.subtree_first()
while self.parent and (self is self.parent.right): #A is parent's left child and A's parent exists
self = self.parent
return self.parent
def predecessor(self):
if self.left: return self.left.subtree_last()
while self.parent and (self is self.parent.left):
self = self.parent
return self.parent
def subtree_insert_before(self, A):
if self.left:
self = self.left.subtree_last()
self.right, A.parent = A, self
else:
self.left, A.parent = A, self
self.maintain()
def subtree_insert_after(self, A):
if self.right:
self = self.right.subtree_first()
self.left, A.parent = A, self
else:
self.right, A.parent = A, self
self.maintain()
def delete(self):
if not self.left and not self.right: # when self is leaf
if self.parent:
A = self.parent
if A.left is self: A.left = None
else: A.right = None
self.parent = None
if self.left:
self.item, self.left.subtree_last().item = self.left.subtree_last().item, self.item
self.left.subtree_last().delete()
else:
self.item, self.right.subtree_first().item = self.right.subtree_first().item, self.item
self.right.subtree_last().delete()
def subtree_delete(self):
if self.left or self.right:
if self.left: B = self.predecessor()
else: B = self.sucessor()
self.item, B.item = B.item, self.item
return B.subtree_delete()
if self.parent:
if self.parent.left is self: self.parent.left = None
else: self.parent.right = None
self.parent.maintain()
return self
def subtree_rotate_right(self):
assert self.left
B, E = self.left, self.right
A, C = B.left, B.right
B, self = self, B
self.item, B.item = B.item, self.item
B.left, B.right = A, self
self.left, self.right = C, E
if A: A.parent = B
if E: E.parent = self
B.subtree_update()
self.subtree_update()
def subtree_rotate_left(self):
assert self.right
A, D = self.left, self.right
C, E = D.left, D.right
self, D = D, self
self.item, D.item = D.item, self.item
self.left, self.right = A, C
D.left, D.right = self, E
if A: A.parent = self
if E: E.parent = D
self.subtree_update()
D.subtree_update()
def skew(self):
return height(self.right) - height(self.left)
def rebalance(self):
if self.skew() == 2:
if self.right.skew() < 0:
self.right.subtree_rotate_right()
self.subtree_rotate_left()
elif self.skew() == -2:
if self.left.skew() > 0:
self.left.subtree_rotate_left()
self.subtree_rotate_right()
def maintain(self):
self.rebalance()
self.subtree_update()
if self.parent: self.parent.maintain()
class Binary_Tree:
def __init__(self, Node_Type = Binary_Node):
self.root = None
self.size = 0
self.Node_Type = Node_Type
def __len__(self): return self.size
def __iter__(self):
if self.root:
for A in self.root.subtree_iter():
yield A.item
def build(self, X):
A = [x for x in X]
def build_subtree(A, i, j):
c = (i + j) // 2
root = self.Node_Type(A[c])
if i < c:
root.left = build_subtree(A, i, c - 1)
root.left.parent = root
if j > c:
root.right = build_subtree(A, c + 1, j)
root.right.parent = root
return root
self.root = build_subtree(A, 0, len(A) - 1)
class BST_Node(Binary_Node):
def subtree_find(self, k):
if self.item.key > k:
if self.left: self.left.subtree_find(k)
elif self.item.key < k:
if self.right: self.right.subtree_find(k)
else: return self
return None
def subtree_find_next(self, k):
if self.item.key <= k:
if self.right: return self.right.subtree_find_next(k)
else: return None
elif self.item.key > k:
if self.left: return self.left.subtree_find_next(k)
else: return self
return self
def subtree_find_prev(self, k):
if self.item.key >= k:
if self.left: return self.left.subtree_find_prev(k)
else: return None
elif self.item.key < k:
if self.right: return self.right.subtree_find_prev(k)
else: return self
return self
def subtree_insert(self, B):
if B.item.key < self.item.key:
if self.left: self.left.subtree_insert(B)
else: self.subtree_insert_before(B)
elif B.item.key > self.item.key:
if self.right: self.right.subtree_insert(B)
else: self.subtree_insert_after(B)
else:
self.item = B.item
class Set_Binary_Tree(Binary_Tree):
def __init__(self): super().__init__(BST_Node)
def iter_order(self): yield from self
def build(self, X):
for x in X: self.insert(x)
def find_min(self):
if self.root: return self.root.subtree_first()
def find_max(self):
if self.root: return self.root.subtree_last()
def find(self, k):
if self.root:
node = self.root.subtree_find(k)
if node:
return node.item
def find_next(self, k):
if self.root:
node = self.root.subtree_find_next(k)
if node:
return node.item
def find_prev(self, k):
if self.root:
node = self.root.subtree_find_prev(k)
if node:
return node.item
def insert(self, x):
new = self.Node_Type(x)
if self.root:
self.root.subtree_insert(new)
if new.parent is None: return False
else:
self.root = new
self.size += 1
return True
def delete(self, k):
assert self.root
node = self.root.subtree_find(k)
assert node
ext = node.subtree_delete()
if ext.parent is None: self.root = None
self.size -= 1
return ext.item
Wikipedia defines an in-place algorithm as follows:
In computer science, an in-place algorithm is an algorithm which transforms input using no auxiliary data structure. However, a small amount of extra storage space is allowed for auxiliary variables. The input is usually overwritten by the output as the algorithm executes. An in-place algorithm updates its input sequence only through replacement or swapping of elements.
So one of the properties of an algorithm that is called "in-place" is that it does not copy all input values into an newly allocated data structure. If an algorithm creates a binary search tree (like AVL), for which node objects are created that are populated with the input values, then it cannot be called in-place by the above definition, even if at the end of the process the values are copied back into the input array.
As a comparison, heap sort does not have to create a new data structure, as the input array can be used to reorganise its values into a heap. It merely has to swap values in that array in order to sort it. It is therefore an in-place algorithm.