median of two sorted arrays

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So I saw this post where the objective is to find out the median of two arrays merged. Note that equal length sorted arrays are being utilized for this as input. Here's the algorithm

Algorithm:

1) Calculate the medians m1 and m2 of the input arrays ar1[] 
   and ar2[] respectively.
2) If m1 and m2 both are equal then we are done.
     return m1 (or m2)
3) If m1 is greater than m2, then median is present in one 
   of the below two subarrays.
    a)  From first element of ar1 to m1 (ar1[0...|_n/2_|])
    b)  From m2 to last element of ar2  (ar2[|_n/2_|...n-1])
4) If m2 is greater than m1, then median is present in one    
   of the below two subarrays.
   a)  From m1 to last element of ar1  (ar1[|_n/2_|...n-1])
   b)  From first element of ar2 to m2 (ar2[0...|_n/2_|])
5) Repeat the above process until size of both the subarrays 
   becomes 2.
6) If size of the two arrays is 2 then use below formula to get 
  the median.
    Median = (max(ar1[0], ar2[0]) + min(ar1[1], ar2[1]))/2

Example:

   ar1[] = {1, 12, 15, 26, 38}
   ar2[] = {2, 13, 17, 30, 45}

For above two arrays m1 = 15 and m2 = 17

For the above ar1[] and ar2[], m1 is smaller than m2. So median is present in one of the following two subarrays.

   [15, 26, 38] and [2, 13, 17]
Let us repeat the process for above two subarrays:

    m1 = 26 m2 = 13.
m1 is greater than m2. So the subarrays become

  [15, 26] and [13, 17]
Now size is 2, so median = (max(ar1[0], ar2[0]) + min(ar1[1], ar2[1]))/2
                       = (max(15, 13) + min(26, 17))/2 
                       = (15 + 17)/2
                       = 16

I can comprehend to some extend that how the excluding of halves work in arrays and the median would be in halves of the arrays like steps 1,2,3,4,5.

However, I can't understand that how they can imply that the median of the merged arrays would automatically be the median of the merged arrays after trimming the two half of arrays. Like the median of merge array of {1,12,15,26,38} and {2,13,17,30,45} would be the median of the merge array of {2,13,17} and {15,26,38}

Can someone explain this to me?

Aug 1, 2022 in Others by krishna
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