Determining the smallest and second smallest values

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Provide a most efficient divide-and-conquer algorithm for determining the smallest and second smallest values in a given unordered set of numbers. Provide a recurrence equation expressing the time complexity of the algorithm, and derive its exact solution in the number of comparisons. For simplicity, you may assume the size ofthe problem to be an exact power of a the number 2.

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