What is the primary concept behind the merge sort algorithm?
- Divide and conquer
- Dynamic programming
- Greedy algorithm
- Recursive algorithm
The primary concept behind the merge sort algorithm is "divide and conquer." It breaks the input array into smaller segments, sorts them individually, and then merges them to achieve a sorted array.
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