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You may recall that an array arr is a mountain array if and only if:
arr.length >= 3i (0-indexed) with 0 < i < arr.length - 1 such that:
arr[0] < arr[1] < ... < arr[i - 1] < arr[i]arr[i] > arr[i + 1] > ... > arr[arr.length - 1]Given an integer array nums, return the minimum number of elements to remove to make nums a mountain array.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,3,1] Output: 0 Explanation: The array itself is a mountain array so we do not need to remove any elements.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [2,1,1,5,6,2,3,1] Output: 3 Explanation: One solution is to remove the elements at indices 0, 1, and 5, making the array nums = [1,5,6,3,1].
Constraints:
3 <= nums.length <= 10001 <= nums[i] <= 109nums.