RMQ:
http://blog.csdn.net/liang5630/article/details/7917702
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
const int N=100005;
int minsum[N][21],maxsum[N][21];
// f(i,j)表示i~i+(2^j)-1中最大或者最小值;
//f(i,j)=max(f(i,j-1),f(i+2^(j-1),j-1)
void RMQ(int n)
{
for(int j=1;j<=20;j++)
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
{ if(i+(1<<(j-1))<=n)
{ maxsum[i][j]=max(maxsum[i][j-1],maxsum[i+(1<<(j-1))][j-1]);
minsum[i][j]=min(minsum[i][j-1],minsum[i+(1<<(j-1))][j-1]);
}
}
}
int main()
{
int n,m,i,j,k,maxans,minans;
cin>>n>>m;
for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
{
scanf("%d",&maxsum[i][0]);
minsum[i][0]=maxsum[i][0];
}
RMQ(n);
while(m--)
{
scanf("%d%d",&i,&j);
//我们可以取k=log2( j - i + 1),则有:
//i~j的最大值=max{F[i , k], F[ j - 2 ^ k + 1, k]}。
k=log10(j-i+1.0)/log10(2.0);
maxans=max(maxsum[i][k],maxsum[j-(1<<k)+1][k]);
minans=min(minsum[i][k],minsum[j-(1<<k)+1][k]);
printf("%d\n",maxans-minans);
}
return 0;
}