LeetCode 1283. Find the Smallest Divisor Given a Threshold Solution in Java, C++, Python & More | Explanation + Code

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1283. Find the Smallest Divisor Given a Threshold

Description

Given an array of integers nums and an integer threshold, we will choose a positive integer divisor, divide all the array by it, and sum the division's result. Find the smallest divisor such that the result mentioned above is less than or equal to threshold.

Each result of the division is rounded to the nearest integer greater than or equal to that element. (For example: 7/3 = 3 and 10/2 = 5).

The test cases are generated so that there will be an answer.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,5,9], threshold = 6
Output: 5
Explanation: We can get a sum to 17 (1+2+5+9) if the divisor is 1. 
If the divisor is 4 we can get a sum of 7 (1+1+2+3) and if the divisor is 5 the sum will be 5 (1+1+1+2). 

Example 2:

Input: nums = [44,22,33,11,1], threshold = 5
Output: 44

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 5 * 104
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 106
  • nums.length <= threshold <= 106

Solutions

Solution 1: Binary Search

Notice that for number v, if the sum of results of dividing each number in nums by v is less than or equal to threshold, then all values greater than v satisfy the condition. There is a monotonicity, so we can use binary search to find the smallest v that satisfies the condition.

We define the left boundary of the binary search l=1, r=max(nums). Each time we take mid=(l+r)/2, calculate the sum of the results of dividing each number in nums by mid s, if s is less than or equal to threshold, then it means that mid satisfies the condition, we will update r to mid, otherwise we will update l to mid+1.

Finally, return l.

The time complexity is O(n × log M), where n is the length of the array nums and M is the maximum value in the array nums. The space complexity is O(1).

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class Solution: def smallestDivisor(self, nums: List[int], threshold: int) -> int: def f(v: int) -> bool: v += 1 return sum((x + v - 1) // v for x in nums) <= threshold return bisect_left(range(max(nums)), True, key=f) + 1(code-box)

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