思路
二分法。寻找第一个<=last number的点(不能找第一个</<=first number,可以举例子得到,<: 12345 = o x x x x;<=:45123 = x o x x x)。比如:
4 5 1 2 3 || 1 2 3 4 5
o o x x x || x x x x x
复杂度
时间复杂度O(logn)
空间复杂度O(logn)
代码
public class Solution {
/*** @param nums: a rotated sorted array* @return: the minimum number in the array*/public int findMin(int[] nums) {
// write your code hereif (nums.length == 0) {
return -1;}int start = 0, end = nums.length - 1;while (start + 1 < end) {
int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;if (nums[mid] > nums[end]) {
start = mid;} else if (nums[mid] <= nums[end]) {
end = mid;}}if (nums[start] <= nums[nums.length - 1]) {
return nums[start];}if (nums[end] <= nums[nums.length - 1]) {
return nums[end];}return -1;}
}
Follow-up
如果允许数组中有重复的数字,那么二分不可用,因为可能会是[1,1,1,…,1]中有一个0, 复杂度只能是O(n)