LeetCode 561. Array Partition I (Easy)

Description:
Given an array of 2n integers, your task is to group these integers into n pairs of integer, say (a1, b1), (a2, b2), …, (an, bn) which makes sum of min(ai, bi) for all i from 1 to n as large as possible.

Example 1:

Input: [1,4,3,2]

Output: 4
Explanation: n is 2, and the maximum sum of pairs is 4 = min(1, 2) + min(3, 4).

Note:

1. n is a positive integer, which is in the range of [1, 10000].
2. All the integers in the array will be in the range of [-10000, 10000].

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Analysis:
m i n { a i , b i } = a i + b i 2 − b i − a i 2 min\{a_{i}, b_{i}\} = \frac{a_{i} + b_{i}}{2} - \frac{b_{i} - a_{i}}{2} min{ai​,bi​}=2ai​+bi​​−2bi​−ai​​(Assume $a_i\le b_i$)
$sum=\frac{a_1+b_1+a_2+b_2+\cdots +a_i+b_i}{2}-\frac{(b_1-a_1)+(b_2-a_2)+\cdots +(b_n-a_n)}{2}$
To get the maximum of $sum$, we need to make sure $(b_1-a_1)+(b_2-a_2)+\cdots +(b_n-a_n)$ is minimal. What’s more, if and only if the array is sorted in an increasing order, $(b_1-a_1)+(b_2-a_2)+\cdots +(b_n-a_n)$ will be minimal.

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Code:

class Solution {
    public int arrayPairSum(int[] nums) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        int sum = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i+=2) {
            sum += nums[i];
        }
        return sum;
    }
}