Describe an Algorithm
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1. The integers are NOT sorted and you CANNOT sort them. You need to see if the numbers would match the pattern if you were to sort them.
2. a and b can be any integer and we don't know the values in advance.
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The solution describes an algorithm.
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The basic idea is to find a and b in O(n) time.
Here is the description of the algorithm, with input array A[1..n] of n integers.
Step 1: Find the smallest element y1 in A[1..n], this will take O(n) time.
Step 2: Find the largest element y2 in A[1..n], this will take O(n) time
If y1=y2, then return true. ...
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