LeetCode 503, Medium. Topics: Array, Stack, Monotonic Stack. View on LeetCode.
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Problem
Given a circular integer array nums (i.e., the next element of nums[nums.length - 1] is nums[0]), return the next greater number for every element in nums.
The next greater number of a number x is the first greater number to its traversing-order next in the array, which means you could search circularly to find its next greater number. If it doesn’t exist, return -1 for this number.
Examples
Constraints
1 <= nums.length <= 10^4
-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
Last modified on September 7, 2026