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.
class Solution { public: int findDuplicate(vector<int>& nums) { int n = nums.size(), slow = 0, fast = 0; do { slow = nums[slow]; fast = nums[nums[fast]]; }while(slow != fast); fast = 0; while(slow != fast) { slow = nums[slow]; fast = nums[fast]; } return slow; } };
// This problem can be transfromed to "Linked List Cycle" problem.
// There are two pointers, one goes one step, another goes two steps.
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