initial [2 3 6 8 11 15] [0 7 12] [1 4 13] [5 9 10 14] merge to b [0 2 3 6 7 8 11 12 15] [1 4 5 9 10 13 14] merge to a [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15]