If a sorting algorithm's progress is measured by a monovariant that strictly decreases with each swap until the array is sorted, which property holds?

💡 Explanation

Because the monovariant strictly decreases and is bounded below (e.g., by 0), the algorithm must eventually terminate; otherwise, the monovariant would decrease infinitely. Therefore, the algorithm will terminate, rather than continue indefinitely, due to a guarantee of forward progress.

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