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Add Detailed Solutions for Exercise 3.25 in the Search Exercises Section #918

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Issue: #848

This pull request adds the detailed solutions for Exercise 3.25 in the search-exercises section. The exercise involves proving specific relationships between different search algorithms or providing counterexamples where necessary.

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  • Created answer.md file for Exercise 3.25.
  • Provided proofs and explanations for the following statements:
    • Breadth-first search is a special case of uniform-cost search.
    • Depth-first search is a special case of best-first tree search.
    • Uniform-cost search is a special case of A* search.

Detailed Description

Breadth-First Search as a Special Case of Uniform-Cost Search

  • Proof that BFS is a special case of UCS when all edge costs are equal.
  • Explained how UCS expands the least-cost node, which mirrors BFS behavior under uniform edge costs.

Depth-First Search as a Special Case of Best-First Tree Search

  • Demonstrated that DFS can be seen as a special case of best-first tree search with an evaluation function favoring deeper nodes.
  • Detailed how prioritizing nodes with greater depth in best-first search replicates DFS behavior.

Uniform-Cost Search as a Special Case of A* Search

  • Proved that UCS is a special case of A* search with a heuristic function ( h(n) = 0 ).
  • Explained the evaluation function simplification from ( f(n) = g(n) + h(n) ) to ( f(n) = g(n) ), aligning with UCS criteria.

Please review the changes and provide feedback or approval for merging.

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