Introduction to Algorithms
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Author: Thomas H. Cormen, Ronald L. Rivest, Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein
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Chapter 16.3, Problem 4E
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To prove that the total cost of the tree can be expressed as the sum of the combined frequencies of the two children of the node over the internal nodes.
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Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 1ECh. 16.1 - Prob. 2ECh. 16.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 16.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 16.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 16.2 - Prob. 1ECh. 16.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 16.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 16.2 - Prob. 4ECh. 16.2 - Prob. 5E
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