Given an integer array of size $N$, we want to check if the array is sorted (in either ascending or descending order). An algorithm solves this problem by making a single pass through the array and comparing each element of the array only with its adjacent elements. The worst-case time complexity of this algorithm is

Let $$f$$ and $$g$$ be functions of natural numbers given by $$f(n)=n$$ and $$g(n)=n^2$$. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Which one of the following statements is TRUE for all positive functions f(n) ?

Consider the following recurrence:

f(1) = 1;

f(2n) = 2f(n) $$-$$ 1, for n $$\ge$$ 1;

f(2n + 1) = 2f(n) + 1, for n $$\ge$$ 1;

Then, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?