907. Sum of Subarray Minimums

Description

Given an array of integers arr, find the sum of min(b), where b ranges over every (contiguous) subarray of arr. Since the answer may be large, return the answer modulo 10⁹ + 7.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [3,1,2,4]
Output: 17
Explanation: 
Subarrays are [3], [1], [2], [4], [3,1], [1,2], [2,4], [3,1,2], [1,2,4], [3,1,2,4]. 
Minimums are 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1.
Sum is 17.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [11,81,94,43,3]
Output: 444

Constraints:

1 <= arr.length <= 3 * 10⁴
1 <= arr[i] <= 3 * 10⁴

Solutions

Solution 1: Monotonic Stack

The problem asks for the sum of the minimum values of each subarray, which is equivalent to finding the number of subarrays for which each element $arr[i]$ is the minimum, then multiplying by $arr[i]$, and finally summing these up.

Therefore, the focus of the problem is to find the number of subarrays for which $arr[i]$ is the minimum. For $arr[i]$, we find the first position $left[i]$ to its left that is less than $arr[i]$, and the first position $right[i]$ to its right that is less than or equal to $arr[i]$. The number of subarrays for which $arr[i]$ is the minimum is $(i - left[i]) \times (right[i] - i)$.

Note, why do we find the first position $right[i]$ to the right that is less than or equal to $arr[i]$, rather than less than $arr[i]$? This is because if we find the first position $right[i]$ to the right that is less than $arr[i]$, it will lead to duplicate calculations.

Let's take an example to illustrate. For the following array:

The element at index $3$ is $2$, the first element to its left that is less than $2$ is at index $0$. If we find the first element to its right that is less than $2$, we get index $7$. That is, the subarray interval is $(0, 7)$. Note that this is an open interval.

0 4 3 2 5 3 2 1
*     ^       *

In the same way, we can find the subarray interval for the element at index $6$, and find that its subarray interval is also $(0, 7)$. That is, the subarray intervals for the elements at index $3$ and index $6$ are the same. This leads to duplicate calculations.

0 4 3 2 5 3 2 1
*           ^ *

If we find the first element to its right that is less than or equal to its value, there will be no duplication, because the subarray interval for the element at index $3$ becomes $(0, 6)$, and the subarray interval for the element at index $6$ is $(0, 7)$, which are not the same.

Back to this problem, we just need to traverse the array, for each element $arr[i]$, use a monotonic stack to find the first position $left[i]$ to its left that is less than $arr[i]$, and the first position $right[i]$ to its right that is less than or equal to $arr[i]$. The number of subarrays for which $arr[i]$ is the minimum is $(i - left[i]) \times (right[i] - i)$, then multiply by $arr[i]$, and finally sum these up.

Be aware of data overflow and modulo operations.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, and the space complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the length of the array $arr$.

Python3JavaC++GoTypeScriptRust

class Solution:
    def sumSubarrayMins(self, arr: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(arr)
        left = [-1] * n
        right = [n] * n
        stk = []
        for i, v in enumerate(arr):
            while stk and arr[stk[-1]] >= v:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                left[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)

        stk = []
        for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
            while stk and arr[stk[-1]] > arr[i]:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                right[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)
        mod = 10**9 + 7
        return sum((i - left[i]) * (right[i] - i) * v for i, v in enumerate(arr)) % mod

class Solution {
    public int sumSubarrayMins(int[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        int[] left = new int[n];
        int[] right = new int[n];
        Arrays.fill(left, -1);
        Arrays.fill(right, n);
        Deque<Integer> stk = new ArrayDeque<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && arr[stk.peek()] >= arr[i]) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.isEmpty()) {
                left[i] = stk.peek();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        stk.clear();
        for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && arr[stk.peek()] > arr[i]) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.isEmpty()) {
                right[i] = stk.peek();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        final int mod = (int) 1e9 + 7;
        long ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            ans += (long) (i - left[i]) * (right[i] - i) % mod * arr[i] % mod;
            ans %= mod;
        }
        return (int) ans;
    }
}