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Abhishek Chaudhary
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Increasing Triplet Subsequence

Given an integer array nums, return true if there exists a triple of indices (i, j, k) such that i < j < k and nums[i] < nums[j] < nums[k]. If no such indices exists, return false.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: true
Explanation: Any triplet where i < j < k is valid.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,4,3,2,1]
Output: false
Explanation: No triplet exists.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [2,1,5,0,4,6]
Output: true
Explanation: The triplet (3, 4, 5) is valid because nums[3] == 0 < nums[4] == 4 < nums[5] == 6.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 5 * 105
  • -231 <= nums[i] <= 231 - 1

Follow up: Could you implement a solution that runs in O(n) time complexity and O(1) space complexity?SOLUTION:

class Solution:
    def increasingTriplet(self, nums: List[int]) -> bool:
        n = len(nums)
        minval, maxval = min(nums), max(nums)
        for i in range(1, n - 1):
            if nums[i] > minval and nums[i] < maxval:
                if min(nums[:i]) < nums[i] and nums[i] < max(nums[i+1:]):
                    return True
        return False
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