Find the smallest element greater than current element
my question is that given a list of integers (lets say A), for each element A[i], find the smallest element A[j] which could satisfy A[i] < A[j] and i < j. Return -1 if there is no such element.
For example, given [4,2,1,9,3], return [9,3,3,-1,-1]
I have come up with a brute force solution which costs $O(n^2)$, but I'm wondering if there could be a more efficient solution.
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edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
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my question is that given a list of integers (lets say A), for each element A[i], find the smallest element A[j] which could satisfy A[i] < A[j] and i < j. Return -1 if there is no such element.
For example, given [4,2,1,9,3], return [9,3,3,-1,-1]
I have come up with a brute force solution which costs $O(n^2)$, but I'm wondering if there could be a more efficient solution.
algorithms arrays
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11
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my question is that given a list of integers (lets say A), for each element A[i], find the smallest element A[j] which could satisfy A[i] < A[j] and i < j. Return -1 if there is no such element.
For example, given [4,2,1,9,3], return [9,3,3,-1,-1]
I have come up with a brute force solution which costs $O(n^2)$, but I'm wondering if there could be a more efficient solution.
algorithms arrays
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
my question is that given a list of integers (lets say A), for each element A[i], find the smallest element A[j] which could satisfy A[i] < A[j] and i < j. Return -1 if there is no such element.
For example, given [4,2,1,9,3], return [9,3,3,-1,-1]
I have come up with a brute force solution which costs $O(n^2)$, but I'm wondering if there could be a more efficient solution.
algorithms arrays
algorithms arrays
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
edited Dec 20 '18 at 2:41
xskxzr
3,4661730
3,4661730
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
asked Dec 19 '18 at 22:01
Austin
182
182
How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11
add a comment |
How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11
How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11
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A better solution would be using a balanced binary search tree.
You can process the elements from the right to left and for each element you find the vertex in the tree with the smallest key greater than this element (a search query on the tree suffice) and then you add the element to the tree.
Total complexity is $O(nlog(n))$ since we are iterating over the elements once and having one query and one insert operations in each iteration.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 22:10
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A better solution would be using a balanced binary search tree.
You can process the elements from the right to left and for each element you find the vertex in the tree with the smallest key greater than this element (a search query on the tree suffice) and then you add the element to the tree.
Total complexity is $O(nlog(n))$ since we are iterating over the elements once and having one query and one insert operations in each iteration.
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A better solution would be using a balanced binary search tree.
You can process the elements from the right to left and for each element you find the vertex in the tree with the smallest key greater than this element (a search query on the tree suffice) and then you add the element to the tree.
Total complexity is $O(nlog(n))$ since we are iterating over the elements once and having one query and one insert operations in each iteration.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 22:10
narek Bojikian
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A better solution would be using a balanced binary search tree.
You can process the elements from the right to left and for each element you find the vertex in the tree with the smallest key greater than this element (a search query on the tree suffice) and then you add the element to the tree.
Total complexity is $O(nlog(n))$ since we are iterating over the elements once and having one query and one insert operations in each iteration.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 22:10
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A better solution would be using a balanced binary search tree.
You can process the elements from the right to left and for each element you find the vertex in the tree with the smallest key greater than this element (a search query on the tree suffice) and then you add the element to the tree.
Total complexity is $O(nlog(n))$ since we are iterating over the elements once and having one query and one insert operations in each iteration.
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How difficult would this problem be if you had an array of integers, sorted in ascending order?
– gnasher729
Dec 19 '18 at 22:05
I believe that this could be done in as little as O(n)! I'll elaborate when I have access to a computer.
– xuq01
Dec 19 '18 at 23:20
I think my solution is wrong; the minimum time complexity must be O(n log n) I think.
– xuq01
Dec 20 '18 at 3:11