What is the space complexity of Heap Sort?

Practice Questions

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What is the space complexity of Heap Sort?
  1. O(1)
  2. O(n)
  3. O(log n)
  4. O(n log n)

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the space complexity of Heap Sort?
  • Step 1: Understand what space complexity means. Space complexity measures how much extra memory an algorithm uses as the input size grows.
  • Step 2: Know that Heap Sort is an in-place sorting algorithm. This means it sorts the elements within the same array without needing extra space for another array.
  • Step 3: Realize that since Heap Sort only uses a fixed amount of extra space (for variables and pointers), it does not depend on the size of the input array.
  • Step 4: Conclude that the space complexity of Heap Sort is O(1), which means it uses constant space.
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