Given an array nums containing n + 1 integers where each integer is between 1 and n (inclusive), prove that at least one duplicate number must exist. Assume that there is only one duplicate number, find the duplicate one.
Note:
- You must not modify the array (assume the array is read only).
- You must use only constant, O(1) extra space.
- Your runtime complexity should be less than
O(n2)
. - There is only one duplicate number in the array, but it could be repeated more than once.
二分法
复杂度
时间 O(NlogN) 空间 O(1)
思路
实际上,我们可以根据抽屉原理简化刚才的暴力法。我们不一定要依次选择数,然后看是否有这个数的重复数,我们可以用二分法先选取n/2,按照抽屉原理,整个数组中如果小于等于n/2的数的数量大于n/2,说明1到n/2这个区间是肯定有重复数字的。比如6个抽屉,如果有7个袜子要放到抽屉里,那肯定有一个抽屉至少两个袜子。这里抽屉就是1到n/2的每一个数,而袜子就是整个数组中小于等于n/2的那些数。这样我们就能知道下次选择的数的范围,如果1到n/2区间内肯定有重复数字,则下次在1到n/2范围内找,否则在n/2到n范围内找。下次找的时候,还是找一半。
JAVA代码:
public static int findDuplicate(int[] nums) {
int left=1,right=nums.length;
int cnt=0;
while(left<right){
int mid=(left+right)/2;
cnt=0;
for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++)
if(nums[i]>=left&&nums[i]<=mid)cnt++;
if(cnt>mid-left+1)right=mid;
else left=mid+1;
}
return left;
}