For a given binary tree find maximum binary search sub-tree

Question

For a given binary tree, find the largest subtree which is also binary search tree?

Example:

Input:

                   10
               /                


        

Answer 1

GetLargestSortedBinarySubtree(thisNode, ref OverallBestTree)
    if thisNode == null
        Return null
    LeftLargest = GetLargestSortedBinarySubtree(thisNode.LeftNode, ref OverallBestTree)
    RightLargest = GetLargestSortedBinarySubtree(thisNode.RightNode, ref OverallBestTree)
    if LeftLargest.Max < thisNode.Value & RightLargest.Min > thisNode.Value
        currentBestTree = new BinaryTree(LeftLargest, thisNode.Value, RightLargest)
    else if LeftLargest.Max < thisNode.Value
        currentBestTree = new BinaryTree(LeftLargest, thisNode.Value, null)
    else if RightLargest.Min > thisNode.Value
        currentBestTree = new BinaryTree(null, thisNode.Value, RightLargest)
    else
        currentBestTree = new BinaryTree(null, thisNode.Value, null)
    if (currentBestTree.Size > OverallBestTree.Size)
        OverallBestTree = currentBestTree
    return currentBestTree

As BlueRaja pointed out, this algorithm is not correct.

It should really be called GetLargestSortedBinarySubtreeThatCanBeRecursivelyConstructedFromMaximalSortedSubtrees.