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A chef has collected data on the satisfaction level of his n dishes. Chef can cook any dish in 1 unit of time.

Like-time coefficient of a dish is defined as the time taken to cook that dish including previous dishes multiplied by its satisfaction level  i.e.  time[i]*satisfaction[i]

Return the maximum sum of Like-time coefficient that the chef can obtain after dishes preparation.

Dishes can be prepared in any order and the chef can discard some dishes to get this maximum value.

Example 1:

Input: satisfaction = [-1,-8,0,5,-9]
Output: 14
Explanation: After Removing the second and last dish, the maximum total Like-time coefficient will be equal to (-1*1 + 0*2 + 5*3 = 14). Each dish is prepared in one unit of time.

Example 2:

Input: satisfaction = [4,3,2]
Output: 20
Explanation: Dishes can be prepared in any order, (2*1 + 3*2 + 4*3 = 20)


Example 3:

Input: satisfaction = [-1,-4,-5]
Output: 0
Explanation: People don't like the dishes. No dish is prepared.


Example 4:

Input: satisfaction = [-2,5,-1,0,3,-3]
Output: 35


Constraints:

• n == satisfaction.length
• 1 <= n <= 500
• -10^3 <= satisfaction[i] <= 10^3

## Solution 1: Sort+ Brute Force

Time complexity: O(nlogn + n^2)
Space complexity: O(1)

## Solution 2: Sort + prefix sum

Sort in reverse order, accumulate prefix sum until prefix sum <= 0.

Time complexity: O(nlogn + n)
Space complexity: O(1)

[9, 8, 5, 2, 1, -1]
sum = 9 * 4 + 8 * 3 + 2 * 3 + 1 * 2 + -1 * 1
<=>
sum += 9
sum += (9 + 8 = 17)
sum += (17 + 2 = 19)
sum += (19 + 1 = 20)
sum += (20 – 1 = 19)

## C++

There are n soldiers standing in a line. Each soldier is assigned a unique rating value.

You have to form a team of 3 soldiers amongst them under the following rules:

• Choose 3 soldiers with index (ijk) with rating (rating[i]rating[j]rating[k]).
• A team is valid if:  (rating[i] < rating[j] < rating[k]) or (rating[i] > rating[j] > rating[k]) where (0 <= i < j < k < n).

Return the number of teams you can form given the conditions. (soldiers can be part of multiple teams).

Example 1:

Input: rating = [2,5,3,4,1]
Output: 3
Explanation: We can form three teams given the conditions. (2,3,4), (5,4,1), (5,3,1).


Example 2:

Input: rating = [2,1,3]
Output: 0
Explanation: We can't form any team given the conditions.


Example 3:

Input: rating = [1,2,3,4]
Output: 4


Constraints:

• n == rating.length
• 1 <= n <= 200
• 1 <= rating[i] <= 10^5

## Solution 1: Brute Force

Time complexity: O(n^3)
Space complexity: O(1)

## Solution 2: Math

For each soldier j, count how many soldiers on his left has smaller ratings as left[j], count how many soldiers his right side has larger ratings as right[j]

ans = sum(left[j] * right[j] + (j – left[j]) * (n – j – 1 * right[j])

Time complexity: O(n^2)
Space complexity: O(1)

## C++

Given a m * n matrix of distinct numbers, return all lucky numbers in the matrix in any order.

A lucky number is an element of the matrix such that it is the minimum element in its row and maximum in its column.

Example 1:

Input: matrix = [[3,7,8],[9,11,13],[15,16,17]]
Output: [15]
Explanation: 15 is the only lucky number since it is the minimum in its row and the maximum in its column


Example 2:

Input: matrix = [[1,10,4,2],[9,3,8,7],[15,16,17,12]]
Output: [12]
Explanation: 12 is the only lucky number since it is the minimum in its row and the maximum in its column.


Example 3:

Input: matrix = [[7,8],[1,2]]
Output: [7]


Constraints:

• m == mat.length
• n == mat[i].length
• 1 <= n, m <= 50
• 1 <= matrix[i][j] <= 10^5.
• All elements in the matrix are distinct.

## Solution: Pre-processing

Two pass. First pass, record the min val of each row, and max val of each column.
Second pass, identify lucky numbers.

Time complexity: O(m * n)
Space complexity: O(m + n)

## C++

Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an m x n matrix. This matrix has the following properties:

• Integers in each row are sorted in ascending from left to right.
• Integers in each column are sorted in ascending from top to bottom.

Example:

Consider the following matrix:

[
[1,   4,  7, 11, 15],
[2,   5,  8, 12, 19],
[3,   6,  9, 16, 22],
[10, 13, 14, 17, 24],
[18, 21, 23, 26, 30]
]


Given target = 5, return true.

## Solution 1: Two Pointers

Start from first row + last column, if the current value is larger than target, –column; if smaller then ++row.

e.g.
1. r = 0, c = 4, v = 15, 15 > 5 => –c
2. r = 0, c = 3, v = 11, 11 > 5 => –c
3. r = 0, c = 2, v = 7, 7 > 5 => –c
4. r = 0, c = 1, v = 4, 4 < 5 => ++r
5. r = 1, c = 1, v = 5, 5 = 5, found it!

Time complexity: O(m + n)
Space complexity: O(1)

## C++

Given an integer array of size n, find all elements that appear more than ⌊ n/3 ⌋ times.

Note: The algorithm should run in linear time and in O(1) space.

Example 1:

Input: [3,2,3]
Output: [3]

Example 2:

Input: [1,1,1,3,3,2,2,2]
Output: [1,2]

## Solution: Boyer–Moore Voting Algorithm

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

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