Reputation: 871
this is an example in my data structure book and for this exercise was written that this is not a max heap,but it doesn't say its reason would you please help me that why it is not a max heap thanks.
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Reputation: 11
This is a heap tree, but this book is written wrong. Do not follow this book.
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Reputation: 302
you should post the entire question, and if that book actually says that this is not a max-heap then stop reading that book :P
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Reputation: 18998
I thought the definition of a (max) heap is that every node is bigger than all its children. And, therefore, the largest value is always at the root and therefore easy to access. This looks like a heap to me!
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