Which of the program has the highest run time complexity ?

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  1. Tower of Hanoi
  2. Fibonacci Series
  3. Prime Number Series 
  4. Triangular Series Calculation

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Option 1 : Tower of Hanoi
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The correct answer is option 1: Tower of Hanoi

Key Points

  • Tower of Hanoi has exponential time complexity:
  • This is because solving the problem for disks involves:
    • Moving disks to an auxiliary peg,
    • Moving the largest disk, and
    • Then moving the disks again.
  • Thus, total moves = , which grows exponentially.

Additional Information

  • Fibonacci Series: Recursive approach has , but optimized methods (e.g. DP) reduce it to
  • Prime Number Series: Can be computed in using Sieve of Eratosthenes
  • Triangular Series: Direct formula used, so it is or in basic iterative form

Hence, the correct answer is: option 1: Tower of Hanoi

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