JavaAlgorithms/Maths/FindMaxRecursion.java

package Maths;

public class FindMaxRecursion {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] array = {2, 4, 9, 7, 19, 94, 5};
        int low = 0;
        int high = array.length - 1;

        assert max(array, low, high) == 94;
        assert max(array, array.length) == 94;
    }

    /**
     * Get max of array using divide and conquer algorithm
     *
     * @param array contains elements
     * @param low   the index of the first element
     * @param high  the index of the last element
     * @return max of {@code array}
     */
    public static int max(int[] array, int low, int high) {
        if (low == high) {
            return array[low]; //or array[high]
        }

        int mid = (low + high) >>> 1;

        int leftMax = max(array, low, mid); //get max in [low, mid]
        int rightMax = max(array, mid + 1, high); //get max in [mid+1, high]

        return Math.max(leftMax, rightMax);
    }

    /**
     * Get max of array using recursion algorithm
     *
     * @param array contains elements
     * @param len   length of given array
     * @return max value of {@code array}
     */
    public static int max(int[] array, int len) {
        return len == 1 ? array[0] : Math.max(max(array, len - 1), array[len - 1]);
    }
}