Introduction

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Problem #1: Subarray With Elements Greater Than Varying Threshold

You are given an integer array nums and an integer threshold. Find any subarray of nums of length k such that every element in the subarray is greater than threshold / k. Return the size of any such subarray. If there is no such subarray, return -1. A subarray is a contiguous non-empty sequence of elements within an array. Example 1: Input: nums = [1,3,4,3,1], threshold = 6 Output: 3 Explanation: The subarray [3,4,3] has a size of 3, and every element is greater than 6 / 3 = 2. Note that this is the only valid subarray. Example 2: Input: nums = [6,5,6,5,8], threshold = 7 Output: 1 Explanation: The subarray [8] has a size of 1, and 8 > 7 / 1 = 7. So 1 is returned. Note that the subarray [6,5] has a size of 2, and every element is greater than 7 / 2 = 3.5. Similarly, the subarrays [6,5,6], [6,5,6,5], [6,5,6,5,8] also satisfy the given conditions. Therefore, 2, 3, 4, or 5 may also be returned. Constraints: 1 <= nums.length <= 105 1 <= nums[i], threshold <= 109

Topics: Array, Stack, Union Find, Monotonic Stack