Question

7. At a presidential debate, one of the candidates loudly proclaims, "You idiots are so slow!". Then the moderator asks, "Can you elaborate please?" At a loss for words, the candidate

reaches deep into their CS425 knowledge and screams, "You're all so slow! You're all doing push gossip. I do pull gossip, and even with fixed fanout, it converges in O(log(log(N)) time!" Are they right? If yes, give a proof (informal proof ok). If they are wrong, give a proof (informal proof). (Note: Push gossip and pull gossip mentioned here are the same protocols discussed in lecture)

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