Consider a graph G = (V, E), where V = {v₁, v₂, ...., v₁₀₀},
E = {(v_i, v_j) | 1 ≤ i < j ≤ 100}, and weight of the edge (v_i, v_j) is |i - j|. The weight of the minimum spanning tree of G is ______.

For parameters a and b, both of which are $$\omega \left( 1 \right)$$,
T(n) = $$T\left( {{n^{1/a}}} \right) + 1$$, and T(b) = 1.
Then T(n) is

Consider the productions A $$ \to $$ PQ and A $$ \to $$ XY. Each of the five non-terminals A, P, Q, X, and Y has two attributes: s is a synthesized attribute, and i is an inherited attribute. Consider the following rules.

Rule 1 : P.i = A.i + 2, Q.i = P.i + A.i, and A.s = P.s + Q.s
Rule 2 : X.i = A.i + Y.s and Y.i = X.s + A.i

Which one of the following is TRUE?

Consider the following grammar.

S $$ \to $$ aSB| d
B $$ \to $$ b

The number of reduction steps taken by a bottom-up parser while accepting the string aaadbbb is _______.