2454. Next Greater Element IV

Description

You are given a 0-indexed array of non-negative integers nums. For each integer in nums, you must find its respective second greater integer.

The second greater integer of nums[i] is nums[j] such that:

j > i
nums[j] > nums[i]
There exists exactly one index k such that nums[k] > nums[i] and i < k < j.

If there is no such nums[j], the second greater integer is considered to be -1.

For example, in the array [1, 2, 4, 3], the second greater integer of 1 is 4, 2 is 3, and that of 3 and 4 is -1.

Return an integer array answer, where answer[i] is the second greater integer of nums[i].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,4,0,9,6]
Output: [9,6,6,-1,-1]
Explanation:
0th index: 4 is the first integer greater than 2, and 9 is the second integer greater than 2, to the right of 2.
1st index: 9 is the first, and 6 is the second integer greater than 4, to the right of 4.
2nd index: 9 is the first, and 6 is the second integer greater than 0, to the right of 0.
3rd index: There is no integer greater than 9 to its right, so the second greater integer is considered to be -1.
4th index: There is no integer greater than 6 to its right, so the second greater integer is considered to be -1.
Thus, we return [9,6,6,-1,-1].

Example 2:

Input: nums = [3,3]
Output: [-1,-1]
Explanation:
We return [-1,-1] since neither integer has any integer greater than it.

Constraints:

1 <= nums.length <= 10⁵
0 <= nums[i] <= 10⁹

Solutions

Solution 1: Sorting + Ordered Set

We can convert the elements in the array into pairs \((x, i)\), where \(x\) is the value of the element and \(i\) is the index of the element. Then sort by the value of the elements in descending order.

Next, we traverse the sorted array, maintaining an ordered set that stores the indices of the elements. When we traverse to the element \((x, i)\), the indices of all elements greater than \(x\) are already in the ordered set. We only need to find the index \(j\) of the next element after \(i\) in the ordered set, then the element corresponding to \(j\) is the second largest element of \(x\). Then, we add \(i\) to the ordered set. Continue to traverse the next element.

The time complexity is \(O(n \times \log n)\), and the space complexity is \(O(n)\). Here, \(n\) is the length of the array.

Python3JavaC++TypeScript

class Solution:
    def secondGreaterElement(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
        arr = [(x, i) for i, x in enumerate(nums)]
        arr.sort(key=lambda x: -x[0])
        sl = SortedList()
        n = len(nums)
        ans = [-1] * n
        for _, i in arr:
            j = sl.bisect_right(i)
            if j + 1 < len(sl):
                ans[i] = nums[sl[j + 1]]
            sl.add(i)
        return ans

class Solution {
    public int[] secondGreaterElement(int[] nums) {
        int n = nums.length;
        int[] ans = new int[n];
        Arrays.fill(ans, -1);
        int[][] arr = new int[n][0];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            arr[i] = new int[] {nums[i], i};
        }
        Arrays.sort(arr, (a, b) -> a[0] == b[0] ? a[1] - b[1] : b[0] - a[0]);
        TreeSet<Integer> ts = new TreeSet<>();
        for (int[] pair : arr) {
            int i = pair[1];
            Integer j = ts.higher(i);
            if (j != null && ts.higher(j) != null) {
                ans[i] = nums[ts.higher(j)];
            }
            ts.add(i);
        }
        return ans;
    }
}

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> secondGreaterElement(vector<int>& nums) {
        int n = nums.size();
        vector<int> ans(n, -1);
        vector<pair<int, int>> arr(n);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            arr[i] = {-nums[i], i};
        }
        sort(arr.begin(), arr.end());
        set<int> ts;
        for (auto& [_, i] : arr) {
            auto it = ts.upper_bound(i);
            if (it != ts.end() && ts.upper_bound(*it) != ts.end()) {
                ans[i] = nums[*ts.upper_bound(*it)];
            }
            ts.insert(i);
        }
        return ans;
    }
};

function secondGreaterElement(nums: number[]): number[] {
    const n = nums.length;
    const arr: number[][] = [];
    for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        arr.push([nums[i], i]);
    }
    arr.sort((a, b) => (a[0] == b[0] ? a[1] - b[1] : b[0] - a[0]));
    const ans = Array(n).fill(-1);
    const ts = new TreeSet<number>();
    for (const [_, i] of arr) {
        let j = ts.higher(i);
        if (j !== undefined) {
            j = ts.higher(j);
            if (j !== undefined) {
                ans[i] = nums[j];
            }
        }
        ts.add(i);
    }
    return ans;
}

type Compare<T> = (lhs: T, rhs: T) => number;

class RBTreeNode<T = number> {
    data: T;
    count: number;
    left: RBTreeNode<T> | null;
    right: RBTreeNode<T> | null;
    parent: RBTreeNode<T> | null;
    color: number;
    constructor(data: T) {
        this.data = data;
        this.left = this.right = this.parent = null;
        this.color = 0;
        this.count = 1;
    }

    sibling(): RBTreeNode<T> | null {
        if (!this.parent) return null; // sibling null if no parent
        return this.isOnLeft() ? this.parent.right : this.parent.left;
    }

    isOnLeft(): boolean {
        return this === this.parent!.left;
    }

    hasRedChild(): boolean {
        return (
            Boolean(this.left && this.left.color === 0) ||
            Boolean(this.right && this.right.color === 0)
        );
    }
}

class RBTree<T> {
    root: RBTreeNode<T> | null;
    lt: (l: T, r: T) => boolean;
    constructor(compare: Compare<T> = (l: T, r: T) => (l < r ? -1 : l > r ? 1 : 0)) {
        this.root = null;
        this.lt = (l: T, r: T) => compare(l, r) < 0;
    }

    rotateLeft(pt: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        const right = pt.right!;
        pt.right = right.left;

        if (pt.right) pt.right.parent = pt;
        right.parent = pt.parent;

        if (!pt.parent) this.root = right;
        else if (pt === pt.parent.left) pt.parent.left = right;
        else pt.parent.right = right;

        right.left = pt;
        pt.parent = right;
    }

    rotateRight(pt: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        const left = pt.left!;
        pt.left = left.right;

        if (pt.left) pt.left.parent = pt;
        left.parent = pt.parent;

        if (!pt.parent) this.root = left;
        else if (pt === pt.parent.left) pt.parent.left = left;
        else pt.parent.right = left;

        left.right = pt;
        pt.parent = left;
    }

    swapColor(p1: RBTreeNode<T>, p2: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        const tmp = p1.color;
        p1.color = p2.color;
        p2.color = tmp;
    }

    swapData(p1: RBTreeNode<T>, p2: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        const tmp = p1.data;
        p1.data = p2.data;
        p2.data = tmp;
    }

    fixAfterInsert(pt: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        let parent = null;
        let grandParent = null;

        while (pt !== this.root && pt.color !== 1 && pt.parent?.color === 0) {
            parent = pt.parent;
            grandParent = pt.parent.parent;

            /*  Case : A
                Parent of pt is left child of Grand-parent of pt */
            if (parent === grandParent?.left) {
                const uncle = grandParent.right;

                /* Case : 1
                   The uncle of pt is also red
                   Only Recoloring required */
                if (uncle && uncle.color === 0) {
                    grandParent.color = 0;
                    parent.color = 1;
                    uncle.color = 1;
                    pt = grandParent;
                } else {
                    /* Case : 2
                       pt is right child of its parent
                       Left-rotation required */
                    if (pt === parent.right) {
                        this.rotateLeft(parent);
                        pt = parent;
                        parent = pt.parent;
                    }

                    /* Case : 3
                       pt is left child of its parent
                       Right-rotation required */
                    this.rotateRight(grandParent);
                    this.swapColor(parent!, grandParent);
                    pt = parent!;
                }
            } else {
                /* Case : B
               Parent of pt is right child of Grand-parent of pt */
                const uncle = grandParent!.left;

                /*  Case : 1
                    The uncle of pt is also red
                    Only Recoloring required */
                if (uncle != null && uncle.color === 0) {
                    grandParent!.color = 0;
                    parent.color = 1;
                    uncle.color = 1;
                    pt = grandParent!;
                } else {
                    /* Case : 2
                       pt is left child of its parent
                       Right-rotation required */
                    if (pt === parent.left) {
                        this.rotateRight(parent);
                        pt = parent;
                        parent = pt.parent;
                    }

                    /* Case : 3
                       pt is right child of its parent
                       Left-rotation required */
                    this.rotateLeft(grandParent!);
                    this.swapColor(parent!, grandParent!);
                    pt = parent!;
                }
            }
        }
        this.root!.color = 1;
    }

    delete(val: T): boolean {
        const node = this.find(val);
        if (!node) return false;
        node.count--;
        if (!node.count) this.deleteNode(node);
        return true;
    }

    deleteAll(val: T): boolean {
        const node = this.find(val);
        if (!node) return false;
        this.deleteNode(node);
        return true;
    }

    deleteNode(v: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        const u = BSTreplace(v);

        // True when u and v are both black
        const uvBlack = (u === null || u.color === 1) && v.color === 1;
        const parent = v.parent!;

        if (!u) {
            // u is null therefore v is leaf
            if (v === this.root) this.root = null;
            // v is root, making root null
            else {
                if (uvBlack) {
                    // u and v both black
                    // v is leaf, fix double black at v
                    this.fixDoubleBlack(v);
                } else {
                    // u or v is red
                    if (v.sibling()) {
                        // sibling is not null, make it red"
                        v.sibling()!.color = 0;
                    }
                }
                // delete v from the tree
                if (v.isOnLeft()) parent.left = null;
                else parent.right = null;
            }
            return;
        }

        if (!v.left || !v.right) {
            // v has 1 child
            if (v === this.root) {
                // v is root, assign the value of u to v, and delete u
                v.data = u.data;
                v.left = v.right = null;
            } else {
                // Detach v from tree and move u up
                if (v.isOnLeft()) parent.left = u;
                else parent.right = u;
                u.parent = parent;
                if (uvBlack) this.fixDoubleBlack(u);
                // u and v both black, fix double black at u
                else u.color = 1; // u or v red, color u black
            }
            return;
        }

        // v has 2 children, swap data with successor and recurse
        this.swapData(u, v);
        this.deleteNode(u);

        // find node that replaces a deleted node in BST
        function BSTreplace(x: RBTreeNode<T>): RBTreeNode<T> | null {
            // when node have 2 children
            if (x.left && x.right) return successor(x.right);
            // when leaf
            if (!x.left && !x.right) return null;
            // when single child
            return x.left ?? x.right;
        }
        // find node that do not have a left child
        // in the subtree of the given node
        function successor(x: RBTreeNode<T>): RBTreeNode<T> {
            let temp = x;
            while (temp.left) temp = temp.left;
            return temp;
        }
    }

    fixDoubleBlack(x: RBTreeNode<T>): void {
        if (x === this.root) return; // Reached root

        const sibling = x.sibling();
        const parent = x.parent!;
        if (!sibling) {
            // No sibiling, double black pushed up
            this.fixDoubleBlack(parent);
        } else {
            if (sibling.color === 0) {
                // Sibling red
                parent.color = 0;
                sibling.color = 1;
                if (sibling.isOnLeft()) this.rotateRight(parent);
                // left case
                else this.rotateLeft(parent); // right case
                this.fixDoubleBlack(x);
            } else {
                // Sibling black
                if (sibling.hasRedChild()) {
                    // at least 1 red children
                    if (sibling.left && sibling.left.color === 0) {
                        if (sibling.isOnLeft()) {
                            // left left
                            sibling.left.color = sibling.color;
                            sibling.color = parent.color;
                            this.rotateRight(parent);
                        } else {
                            // right left
                            sibling.left.color = parent.color;
                            this.rotateRight(sibling);
                            this.rotateLeft(parent);
                        }
                    } else {
                        if (sibling.isOnLeft()) {
                            // left right
                            sibling.right!.color = parent.color;
                            this.rotateLeft(sibling);
                            this.rotateRight(parent);
                        } else {
                            // right right
                            sibling.right!.color = sibling.color;
                            sibling.color = parent.color;
                            this.rotateLeft(parent);
                        }
                    }
                    parent.color = 1;
                } else {
                    // 2 black children
                    sibling.color = 0;
                    if (parent.color === 1) this.fixDoubleBlack(parent);
                    else parent.color = 1;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    insert(data: T): boolean {
        // search for a position to insert
        let parent = this.root;
        while (parent) {
            if (this.lt(data, parent.data)) {
                if (!parent.left) break;
                else parent = parent.left;
            } else if (this.lt(parent.data, data)) {
                if (!parent.right) break;
                else parent = parent.right;
            } else break;
        }

        // insert node into parent
        const node = new RBTreeNode(data);
        if (!parent) this.root = node;
        else if (this.lt(node.data, parent.data)) parent.left = node;
        else if (this.lt(parent.data, node.data)) parent.right = node;
        else {
            parent.count++;
            return false;
        }
        node.parent = parent;
        this.fixAfterInsert(node);
        return true;
    }

    find(data: T): RBTreeNode<T> | null {
        let p = this.root;
        while (p) {
            if (this.lt(data, p.data)) {
                p = p.left;
            } else if (this.lt(p.data, data)) {
                p = p.right;
            } else break;
        }
        return p ?? null;
    }

    *inOrder(root: RBTreeNode<T> = this.root!): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        if (!root) return;
        for (const v of this.inOrder(root.left!)) yield v;
        yield root.data;
        for (const v of this.inOrder(root.right!)) yield v;
    }

    *reverseInOrder(root: RBTreeNode<T> = this.root!): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        if (!root) return;
        for (const v of this.reverseInOrder(root.right!)) yield v;
        yield root.data;
        for (const v of this.reverseInOrder(root.left!)) yield v;
    }
}

class TreeSet<T = number> {
    _size: number;
    tree: RBTree<T>;
    compare: Compare<T>;
    constructor(
        collection: T[] | Compare<T> = [],
        compare: Compare<T> = (l: T, r: T) => (l < r ? -1 : l > r ? 1 : 0),
    ) {
        if (typeof collection === 'function') {
            compare = collection;
            collection = [];
        }
        this._size = 0;
        this.compare = compare;
        this.tree = new RBTree(compare);
        for (const val of collection) this.add(val);
    }

    size(): number {
        return this._size;
    }

    has(val: T): boolean {
        return !!this.tree.find(val);
    }

    add(val: T): boolean {
        const successful = this.tree.insert(val);
        this._size += successful ? 1 : 0;
        return successful;
    }

    delete(val: T): boolean {
        const deleted = this.tree.deleteAll(val);
        this._size -= deleted ? 1 : 0;
        return deleted;
    }

    ceil(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let higher = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(p.data, val) >= 0) {
                higher = p;
                p = p.left;
            } else {
                p = p.right;
            }
        }
        return higher?.data;
    }

    floor(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let lower = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(val, p.data) >= 0) {
                lower = p;
                p = p.right;
            } else {
                p = p.left;
            }
        }
        return lower?.data;
    }

    higher(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let higher = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(val, p.data) < 0) {
                higher = p;
                p = p.left;
            } else {
                p = p.right;
            }
        }
        return higher?.data;
    }

    lower(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let lower = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(p.data, val) < 0) {
                lower = p;
                p = p.right;
            } else {
                p = p.left;
            }
        }
        return lower?.data;
    }

    first(): T | undefined {
        return this.tree.inOrder().next().value;
    }

    last(): T | undefined {
        return this.tree.reverseInOrder().next().value;
    }

    shift(): T | undefined {
        const first = this.first();
        if (first === undefined) return undefined;
        this.delete(first);
        return first;
    }

    pop(): T | undefined {
        const last = this.last();
        if (last === undefined) return undefined;
        this.delete(last);
        return last;
    }

    *[Symbol.iterator](): Generator<T, void, void> {
        for (const val of this.values()) yield val;
    }

    *keys(): Generator<T, void, void> {
        for (const val of this.values()) yield val;
    }

    *values(): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        for (const val of this.tree.inOrder()) yield val;
        return undefined;
    }

    /**
     * Return a generator for reverse order traversing the set
     */
    *rvalues(): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        for (const val of this.tree.reverseInOrder()) yield val;
        return undefined;
    }
}

class TreeMultiSet<T = number> {
    _size: number;
    tree: RBTree<T>;
    compare: Compare<T>;
    constructor(
        collection: T[] | Compare<T> = [],
        compare: Compare<T> = (l: T, r: T) => (l < r ? -1 : l > r ? 1 : 0),
    ) {
        if (typeof collection === 'function') {
            compare = collection;
            collection = [];
        }
        this._size = 0;
        this.compare = compare;
        this.tree = new RBTree(compare);
        for (const val of collection) this.add(val);
    }

    size(): number {
        return this._size;
    }

    has(val: T): boolean {
        return !!this.tree.find(val);
    }

    add(val: T): boolean {
        const successful = this.tree.insert(val);
        this._size++;
        return successful;
    }

    delete(val: T): boolean {
        const successful = this.tree.delete(val);
        if (!successful) return false;
        this._size--;
        return true;
    }

    count(val: T): number {
        const node = this.tree.find(val);
        return node ? node.count : 0;
    }

    ceil(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let higher = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(p.data, val) >= 0) {
                higher = p;
                p = p.left;
            } else {
                p = p.right;
            }
        }
        return higher?.data;
    }

    floor(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let lower = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(val, p.data) >= 0) {
                lower = p;
                p = p.right;
            } else {
                p = p.left;
            }
        }
        return lower?.data;
    }

    higher(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let higher = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(val, p.data) < 0) {
                higher = p;
                p = p.left;
            } else {
                p = p.right;
            }
        }
        return higher?.data;
    }

    lower(val: T): T | undefined {
        let p = this.tree.root;
        let lower = null;
        while (p) {
            if (this.compare(p.data, val) < 0) {
                lower = p;
                p = p.right;
            } else {
                p = p.left;
            }
        }
        return lower?.data;
    }

    first(): T | undefined {
        return this.tree.inOrder().next().value;
    }

    last(): T | undefined {
        return this.tree.reverseInOrder().next().value;
    }

    shift(): T | undefined {
        const first = this.first();
        if (first === undefined) return undefined;
        this.delete(first);
        return first;
    }

    pop(): T | undefined {
        const last = this.last();
        if (last === undefined) return undefined;
        this.delete(last);
        return last;
    }

    *[Symbol.iterator](): Generator<T, void, void> {
        yield* this.values();
    }

    *keys(): Generator<T, void, void> {
        for (const val of this.values()) yield val;
    }

    *values(): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        for (const val of this.tree.inOrder()) {
            let count = this.count(val);
            while (count--) yield val;
        }
        return undefined;
    }

    /**
     * Return a generator for reverse order traversing the multi-set
     */
    *rvalues(): Generator<T, undefined, void> {
        for (const val of this.tree.reverseInOrder()) {
            let count = this.count(val);
            while (count--) yield val;
        }
        return undefined;
    }
}

Solution 2: Double Stacks

We maintain two decreasing monotonic stacks:

stackOne: stores elements that have not yet encountered any greater element to their right.

stackTwo: stores elements that have encountered exactly one greater element to their right.

Algorithm:

As we iterate through the array nums, for current element \(nums[k]\), have these steps:

While stackTwo is not empty and its top element is less than \(nums[k]\), these top elements have found their second next greater element. Pop them and record \(nums[k]\) as the answer for their respective indices.
While stackOne is not empty and its top element is less than \(nums[k]\), these top elements have found their first next greater element. Pop them to move them to a temporary list/vector called transporter.
Pop all elements from the back of transporter and push them onto stackTwo. These elements will naturally maintain the decreasing order in stackTwo.
Push current element \(nums[k]\) into stackOne for future comparisons.

Our time complexity is \(O(n)\), where \(n\) is the length of the array nums.

This is because each element is pushed and popped across two stacks for at most 4 times in total.

Space complexity is \(O(n)\), as all elements must be stored across two stacks.

Python3C++

class Solution:
    def secondGreaterElement(self, nums: list[int]) -> list[int]:
        second_next_greater = [-1] * len(nums)

        stack_1: list[tuple[int, int]] = []  # Decreasing monotonic stacks: (num, idx).
        stack_2: list[tuple[int, int]] = []

        # Transport tuples from stack 1 to stack 2.
        transporter: list[tuple[int, int]] = []

        for idx, num in enumerate(nums):
            while stack_2 and stack_2[-1][0] < num:
                _, past_idx = stack_2.pop(-1)
                second_next_greater[past_idx] = num

            while stack_1 and stack_1[-1][0] < num:
                transporter.append(stack_1.pop(-1))

            while transporter:
                stack_2.append(transporter.pop(-1))  # Ensure decreasing monotonicity.
            stack_1.append((num, idx))

        return second_next_greater

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> secondGreaterElement(vector<int>& nums) {
        vector<int> secondNextGreater(nums.size(), -1);

        // Decreasing monotonic stacks: {num, idx}.
        stack<pair<int, int>> stackOne, stackTwo;

        vector<pair<int, int>> transporter; // Format: {num, idx}.

        for (int idx = 0; idx < nums.size(); idx++) {
            int num = nums[idx];

            while (!stackTwo.empty() && stackTwo.top().first < num) {
                int pastIdx = stackTwo.top().second;
                secondNextGreater[pastIdx] = num;
                stackTwo.pop();
            }

            while (!stackOne.empty() && stackOne.top().first < num) {
                transporter.push_back(stackOne.top()); // Keep decreasing monotonicity.
                stackOne.pop();
            }

            while (!transporter.empty()) {
                stackTwo.push(transporter.back());
                transporter.pop_back();
            }

            stackOne.push({num, idx});
        }

        return secondNextGreater;
    }
};

2454. Next Greater Element IV

Description

Solutions

Solution 1: Sorting + Ordered Set

Solution 2: Double Stacks

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