LeetCode 1425, Hard. Topics: Array, Dynamic Programming, Queue, Sliding Window, Heap (Priority Queue), Monotonic Queue. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 30 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Given an integer array <code>nums</code> and an integer <code>k</code>, return the maximum sum of a <strong>non-empty</strong> subsequence of that array such that for every two <strong>consecutive</strong> integers in the subsequence, <code>nums[i]</code> and <code>nums[j]</code>, where <code>i < j</code>, the condition <code>j - i <= k</code> is satisfied.</p>
<p>A <em>subsequence</em> of an array is obtained by deleting some number of elements (can be zero) from the array, leaving the remaining elements in their original order.
Examples
Constraints
- 1 <= k <= nums.length <= 10^5
- -10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
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