LeetCode 334, Medium. Topics: Array, Greedy, Longest Increasing Subsequence. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 22 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Given an integer array nums, return true if there exists a triple of indices (i, j, k) such that i < j < k and nums[i] < nums[j] < nums[k]. If no such indices exists, return false.
Examples
Constraints
1 <= nums.length <= 5 * 10^5
-2^31 <= nums[i] <= 2^31 - 1
Follow up: Could you implement a solution that runs in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity?
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
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