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A "celebrity" is described among n people as someone who is known by everyone but knows no one. The challenge is identifying the celebrity, if one exists, by just asking the question, "Excuse me, do you know the person over there?" I've tried reading this article about celebrity problem but couldn't understand it clearly. (It is assumed that all of the responses are right and that even the celebrity will respond.) The idea is to keep the number of questions to a minimum.

What I have tried:

Is there a solution here that is smaller than the apparent O(n2)?
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Updated 14-Dec-22 1:37am

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Is there a solution here that is smaller than the apparent O(n2)?
The article you linked shows clearly (even with code samples) the other, better approaches: try harder to understand what is written there (start, for instance, with the recursive approach).
 
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