What is the minimum number of nodes in an AVL tree of height 7?

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Given the height of an AVL tree ‘h’, the task is to find the minimum number of nodes the tree can have.

Examples : 

Input : H = 0 Output : N = 1 Only '1' node is possible if the height of the tree is '0' which is the root node. Input : H = 3 Output : N = 7

Recursive Approach : In an AVL tree, we have to maintain the height balance property, i.e. difference in the height of the left and the right subtrees can not be other than -1, 0 or 1 for each node. 

We will try to create a recurrence relation to find minimum number of nodes for a given height, n(h). 

  • For height = 0, we can only have a single node in an AVL tree, i.e. n(0) = 1
  • For height = 1, we can have a minimum of two nodes in an AVL tree, i.e. n(1) = 2
  • Now for any height ‘h’, root will have two subtrees (left and right). Out of which one has to be of height h-1 and other of h-2. [root node excluded]
  • So, n(h) = 1 + n(h-1) + n(h-2) is the required recurrence relation for h>=2 [1 is added for the root node]

Below is the implementation of the above approach:  

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int AVLnodes(int height)

{

    if (height == 0)

        return 1;

    else if (height == 1)

        return 2;

    return (1 + AVLnodes(height - 1) + AVLnodes(height - 2));

}

int main()

{

    int H = 3;

    cout << AVLnodes(H) << endl;

}

class GFG{

static int AVLnodes(int height)

{

    if (height == 0)

        return 1;

    else if (height == 1)

        return 2;

    return (1 + AVLnodes(height - 1) + AVLnodes(height - 2));

}

public static void main(String args[])

{

    int H = 3;

    System.out.println(AVLnodes(H));

}

}

def AVLnodes(height):

    if (height == 0):

        return 1

    elif (height == 1):

        return 2

    return (1 + AVLnodes(height - 1) +

                AVLnodes(height - 2))

if __name__ == '__main__':

    H = 3

    print(AVLnodes(H))

using System;

class GFG

{

static int AVLnodes(int height)

{

    if (height == 0)

        return 1;

    else if (height == 1)

        return 2;

    return (1 + AVLnodes(height - 1) +

                AVLnodes(height - 2));

}

public static void Main()

{

    int H = 3;

    Console.Write(AVLnodes(H));

}

}

<?php

function AVLnodes($height)

{

    if ($height == 0)

        return 1;

    else if ($height == 1)

        return 2;

    return (1 + AVLnodes($height - 1) +

                AVLnodes($height - 2));

}

$H = 3;

echo(AVLnodes($H));

<script>

function AVLnodes(height)

{

    if (height == 0)

        return 1;

    else if (height == 1)

        return 2;

    return (1 + AVLnodes(height - 1) +

                AVLnodes(height - 2));

}

let H = 3;

document.write(AVLnodes(H));

</script>

Tail Recursive Approach :  

  • The recursive function for finding n(h) (minimum number of nodes possible in an AVL Tree with height ‘h’) is n(h) = 1 + n(h-1) + n(h-2) ; h>=2 ; n(0)=1 ; n(1)=2;
  • To create a Tail Recursive Function, we will maintain 1 + n(h-1) + n(h-2) as function arguments such that rather than calculating it, we directly return its value to main function.

Below is the implementation of the above approach :  

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int AVLtree(int H, int a = 1, int b = 2)

{

    if (H == 0)

        return 1;

    if (H == 1)

        return b;

    return AVLtree(H - 1, b, a + b + 1);

}

int main()

{

    int H = 5;

    int answer = AVLtree(H);

    cout << "n(" << H << ") = "

         << answer << endl;

    return 0;

}

class GFG

{

static int AVLtree(int H, int a, int b)

{

    if (H == 0)

        return 1;

    if (H == 1)

        return b;

    return AVLtree(H - 1, b, a + b + 1);

}

public static void main(String[] args)

{

    int H = 5;

    int answer = AVLtree(H, 1, 2);

    System.out.println("n(" + H + ") = " + answer);

}

}

def AVLtree(H, a, b):

    if(H == 0):

        return 1;

    if(H == 1):

        return b;

    return AVLtree(H - 1, b, a + b + 1);

if __name__ == '__main__':

    H = 5;

    answer = AVLtree(H, 1, 2);

    print("n(", H , ") = "\

        , answer);

using System;

class GFG

{

static int AVLtree(int H, int a, int b)

{

    if (H == 0)

        return 1;

    if (H == 1)

        return b;

    return AVLtree(H - 1, b, a + b + 1);

}

public static void Main(String[] args)

{

    int H = 5;

    int answer = AVLtree(H, 1, 2);

    Console.WriteLine("n(" + H + ") = " + answer);

}

}

<script>

    function AVLtree(H, a, b)

    {

        if (H == 0)

            return 1;

        if (H == 1)

            return b;

        return AVLtree(H - 1, b, a + b + 1);

    }

    let H = 5;

    let answer = AVLtree(H, 1, 2);

    document.write("n(" + H + ") = " + answer);

</script>