Find local minima in an array

Question

Given an array of integers, find the local minima. An element A[i] is defined as a local minimum if A[i-1] > A[i] and A[i] < A[i+1] where i = 1...n-2. In case of boundar

Answer 1

Actually my previous algorithm can be modified to get all the maxima in O(log n) time. I tested that it works great for all the input provided. Please let me know your feedback

public class LocalMaximas {

@Test
public void test () {
    System.out.println("maximas: please modify code to handle if array size is <= 2");

    int []a = {5,8,10,25,6,3,44,51,55,56,57,58,34,5,59,2};
    localMaximas(a);

    int []b = {9,7,2,8,5,6,3,4, 2}; //9,8,6,4
    localMaximas(b);

    int [] c= {15, 13, 12, 18, 19, 20, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1};//15,20
    localMaximas(c);
}

public  void localMaximas (int [] a) {
    System.out.println("\n\n");
    if(isMaxima(a,0)) {
        System.out.println(a[0]);
    }
    if(isMaxima(a,a.length-1)) {
        System.out.println(a[a.length-1]);
    }
    localMaximas(a,0,a.length-1);
}

int localMaximas(int []a,int low, int high) {
    int mid = (low+high)/2;
    if(high-low > 3) {     // more than 4 items in currently  divided array
        if(isMaxima(a,mid)) {
            System.out.println(a[mid]);
        }   
        localMaximas(a,low, mid);
        localMaximas(a,mid, high);
    }
    else if(high-low == 3){ //exactly 4 items in currently  divided array
        localMaximas(a,low, mid+1);
        localMaximas(a,mid, high);
    }   
    else if((high-low == 2) && (isMaxima(a,low+1))) {
        System.out.println(a[low+1]);
    }
    return 0;
}

int maxof(int []a, int i, int j) {
    if(a[i] <a[j]) {
        return j;
    }
    else {
        return i;
    }
}

boolean isMaxima(int []a ,int mid) {
    if(mid == 0) {
        if(maxof(a, mid, mid+1) == mid) {
            return true;
        }
        else {
            return false;
        }
    }
    else if(mid==a.length-1) {
        if(maxof(a,mid,mid-1) == mid) {
            return true;
        }
        else {
            return false;
        }
    }
    else {
        if((maxof(a, mid, mid+1) == mid) && (maxof(a, mid, mid-1) == mid)) {
            return true;
        }
        else {
            return false;
        }           
    }
}
}