1788. Maximize the Beauty of the Garden π
Description
There is a garden of n
flowers, and each flower has an integer beauty value. The flowers are arranged in a line. You are given an integer array flowers
of size n
and each flowers[i]
represents the beauty of the ith
flower.
A garden is valid if it meets these conditions:
- The garden has at least two flowers.
- The first and the last flower of the garden have the same beauty value.
As the appointed gardener, you have the ability to remove any (possibly none) flowers from the garden. You want to remove flowers in a way that makes the remaining garden valid. The beauty of the garden is the sum of the beauty of all the remaining flowers.
Return the maximum possible beauty of some valid garden after you have removed any (possibly none) flowers.
Example 1:
Input: flowers = [1,2,3,1,2] Output: 8 Explanation: You can produce the valid garden [2,3,1,2] to have a total beauty of 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 8.
Example 2:
Input: flowers = [100,1,1,-3,1] Output: 3 Explanation: You can produce the valid garden [1,1,1] to have a total beauty of 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.
Example 3:
Input: flowers = [-1,-2,0,-1] Output: -2 Explanation: You can produce the valid garden [-1,-1] to have a total beauty of -1 + -1 = -2.
Constraints:
2 <= flowers.length <= 105
-104 <= flowers[i] <= 104
- It is possible to create a valid garden by removing some (possibly none) flowers.
Solutions
Solution 1: Hash Table + Prefix Sum
We use a hash table $d$ to record the first occurrence of each aesthetic value, and a prefix sum array $s$ to record the sum of the aesthetic values before the current position. If an aesthetic value $v$ appears at positions $i$ and $j$ (where $i \lt j$), then we can get a valid garden $[i+1,j]$, whose aesthetic value is $s[i] - s[j + 1] + v \times 2$. We use this value to update the answer. Otherwise, we record the current position $i$ of the aesthetic value in the hash table $d$. Next, we update the prefix sum. If the aesthetic value $v$ is negative, we treat it as $0$.
After traversing all the aesthetic values, we can get the answer.
The time complexity is $O(n)$, and the space complexity is $O(n)$. Here, $n$ is the number of flowers.
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