package Maths; public class FindMinRecursion { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] array = {2, 4, 9, -7, 19, 94, 5}; int low = 0; int high = array.length - 1; assert min(array, low, high) == -7; assert min(array, array.length) == -7; } /** * Get min 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 min of {@code array} */ public static int min(int[] array, int low, int high) { if (low == high) { return array[low]; //or array[high] } int mid = (low + high) >>> 1; int leftMin = min(array, low, mid); //get min in [low, mid] int rightMin = min(array, mid + 1, high); //get min in [mid+1, high] return Math.min(leftMin, rightMin); } /** * Get min of array using recursion algorithm * * @param array contains elements * @param len length of given array * @return min value of {@code array} */ public static int min(int[] array, int len) { return len == 1 ? array[0] : Math.min(min(array, len - 1), array[len - 1]); } }