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Lecture 3: Insertion Sort, Merge Sort

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Lecture 4: Heaps and Heap Sort

Description: Sorting is introduced, and motivated by problems that become easier once the inputs are sorted. The lecture covers insertion sort, then discusses merge sort and analyzes its running time using a recursion tree.

Instructor: Srini Devadas