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287. Find the Duplicate Number 👍

  • Time: $O(n)$
  • Space: $O(1)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int findDuplicate(vector<int>& nums) {
    int slow = nums[nums[0]];
    int fast = nums[nums[nums[0]]];

    while (slow != fast) {
      slow = nums[slow];
      fast = nums[nums[fast]];
    }

    slow = nums[0];

    while (slow != fast) {
      slow = nums[slow];
      fast = nums[fast];
    }

    return slow;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int findDuplicate(int[] nums) {
    int slow = nums[nums[0]];
    int fast = nums[nums[nums[0]]];

    while (slow != fast) {
      slow = nums[slow];
      fast = nums[nums[fast]];
    }

    slow = nums[0];

    while (slow != fast) {
      slow = nums[slow];
      fast = nums[fast];
    }

    return slow;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def findDuplicate(self, nums: list[int]) -> int:
    slow = nums[nums[0]]
    fast = nums[nums[nums[0]]]

    while slow != fast:
      slow = nums[slow]
      fast = nums[nums[fast]]

    slow = nums[0]

    while slow != fast:
      slow = nums[slow]
      fast = nums[fast]

    return slow