Hello,
I am writing regarding the plagiarism flag on my submission in Starters 232.
I would like to clarify that I solved the problem independently using the following approach:
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I first sorted the array to make it easier to analyze differences between consecutive elements.
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Then I computed the gaps between adjacent elements.
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I sorted these gaps so that I could efficiently handle queries.
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I used a prefix sum array over the sorted gaps to quickly compute the contribution of smaller gaps.
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For each query X, I used binary search (upper bound) to find how many gaps are less than or equal to X.
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Then I calculated the answer by summing:
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the prefix sum of smaller gaps
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replacing larger gaps with X
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This approach is based on a standard observation that minimizing values can be handled by capping larger gaps with X.
I understand that multiple participants might arrive at a similar optimized solution for this problem, which could result in structural similarities.
However, I would like to confirm that I did not copy code from any other participant or source.
I kindly request you to re-evaluate my submission.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards,
Priyadharshini T
Username: priya_d06