class assign2 {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int[] myArray = {1, 10, 15, 2, 5, 30, 22, 50, 8, 16};
        int value = largest(myArray, 0, myArray.length-1);
        System.out.println(value);
    }

    private static int largest(int[] a, int min, int max)
    {
        if (max-min > 1)
        {
            int m = largest(a, min, max/2);
            int n = largest(a, (max/2)+1, max);
            if (m>n)
            {
                return m;
            }
            else
            {
                return n;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return a[0];
        }
    }
}