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This approach uses a max-heap (priority queue) to efficiently track and operate on the largest element. The primary idea is to reverse the operation: starting from the target array, every large element in the target can be seen as the result of adding all smaller elements in the array to one of the array's elements during the last operation. By repeatedly transforming the largest element in this manner, we can verify if it is possible to reach the initial array of ones.
The time complexity is O(n log n * log maxValue) due to sorting and heap operations, where n is the number of elements and maxValue is the maximum integer in the target. The space complexity is O(1) since we are sorting and using in-place operations optimistically.
1#include <stdio.h>
2#include <stdlib.h>
3#include <stdbool.h>
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5int cmp(const
This C solution utilizes a sorting approach to repeatedly operate on the largest element in the array. Given the target array, it first computes the sum of the array and sorts it to keep track of the largest element. The largest element is reduced by subtracting the rest of the sum in a manner that the new largest element would be a remainder from division by rest of the array sum, thus reversing the process of the original operation. This is continued until either the array is reduced to all ones or an impossible state is reached.
This approach utilizes a sort and modulo method to reverse-track the process involved in constructing the target array from an array containing ones. It revolves around repeatedly reducing the maximum value to the remainder after division with the sum of other elements.
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Time complexity is O(n log n * log maxValue); space complexity is O(1) when using in-place operations for sorting and arithmetic.
The Python implementation follows a predictable yet potent approach by reversing and resorting the target array, ensuring orderly checks for the possibility of reaching the target by modulating the largest (lead) element successful tracking of inverting the initial transformation steps.