Introduction to Algorithms
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Author: Thomas H. Cormen, Ronald L. Rivest, Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein
Publisher: MIT Press
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Chapter 24, Problem 2P
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To prove that Nesting relation is transitive in nature.
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An efficient method to proof that a box B is nested inside another box.
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An efficient method to find out the longest sequence of nested boxes with an optimized time complexity.
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