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Problem: Split Array Largest Sum
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40 min
Explore the technique of using modified binary search to split an integer array into k non-empty subarrays while minimizing the largest sum among them. This lesson helps you understand the problem constraints, logic, and implementation approach for efficient problem-solving in coding interviews.
Statement
Given an integer list nums and an integer k, split nums into k non-empty subarrays such that the largest sum among these subarrays is minimized. The task is to find the minimized largest sum by choosing the split such that the largest sum of every split of subarrays is the minimum among the sum of other splits.
Constraints:
nums.lengthnums[i]knums.length
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Problem: Split Array Largest Sum
hard
40 min
Explore the technique of using modified binary search to split an integer array into k non-empty subarrays while minimizing the largest sum among them. This lesson helps you understand the problem constraints, logic, and implementation approach for efficient problem-solving in coding interviews.
Statement
Given an integer list nums and an integer k, split nums into k non-empty subarrays such that the largest sum among these subarrays is minimized. The task is to find the minimized largest sum by choosing the split such that the largest sum of every split of subarrays is the minimum among the sum of other splits.
Constraints:
nums.lengthnums[i]knums.length
Examples
Understand the problem
Figure it out!
Try it yourself
Similar Problems
Binary Search
Search in Rotated Sorted Array
First Bad Version
Find K Closest Elements
Single Element in a Sorted Array
The K Weakest Rows in a Matrix
Maximum Value at a Given Index in a Bounded Array
Search in Rotated Sorted Array II
Count Pairs Whose Sum is Less than Target
Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array II