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competitive-programming/solutions/battle-of-the-brains-2026/WeightedDifference.java

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// General imports
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
// Working but O(n*n) --> 50% of test cases fail on time complexity
public class WeightedDifference {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
double t = System.currentTimeMillis();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
// Write code here
int a = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
int[] ar = new int[a];
for (int i = 0; i < a; i++) {
ar[i] = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
}
long max = Long.MIN_VALUE;
int left = 0;
int right = ar.length - 1;
int gap = right - left;
int prevGap = 0;
while (gap > 0) {
int diff = ar[right] - ar[left] - (right - left);
max = diff > max ? diff : max;
if (gap == prevGap && right < ar.length - 1) {
left++;
right++;
} else {
gap--;
prevGap = gap;
left = 0;
right = gap;
}
}
System.out.println(max);
System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() - t);
}
}