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Given an sorted array arr[] consisting of N elements, the task is to find the minimum of all maximum differences between adjacent elements of all arrays obtained by removal of any single array element.

Examples:

Input: arr[ ] = { 1, 3, 7, 8}
Output: 5
Explanation:
All possible arrays after removing a single element are as follows:
{3, 7, 8}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 4, 1}. Maximum = 4.
{ 1, 7, 8}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 6, 1}. Maximum = 6.
{ 1, 3, 8}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 2, 5}. Maximum = 5.
Finally, minimum of (4, 6, 5) is 4, which is the required output.

Input: arr[ ] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Output: 1
Explanation:
All possible arrays after removing a single element are as follows:
{ 2, 3, 4, 5}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 1, 1, 1}. Maximum = 1.
{ 1, 3, 4, 5}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 2, 1, 1}. Maximum = 2.
{ 1, 2, 4, 5}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 1, 2, 1}. Maximum = 2.
{ 1, 2, 3, 5}: Difference between adjacent elements are { 1, 1, 2}. Maximum = 2.
Finally, minimum of (1, 2, 2, 2) is 1, which is the required output.

Approach: Follow the steps to solve the problem

  • Declare a variable MinValue = INT_MAX to store the final answer.
  • Traverse the array, for i in range [0, N – 1]
    • Declare a vector new_arr which is a copy of arr[] except element arr[i]
    • Store the maximum adjacent difference of new_arr in a variable diff
    • Update MinValue = min(MinValue, diff)
  • Return MinValue as the final answer.

Below is the implementation of above approach.

C++




// C++ Program to implement
// the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find maximum difference
// between adjacent array elements
int maxAdjacentDifference(vector<int> A)
{
    // Store the maximum difference
    int diff = 0;
 
// Traverse the array
    for (int i = 1; i < (int)A.size(); i++) {
 
        // Update maximum difference
        diff = max(diff, A[i] - A[i - 1]);
    }
 
    return diff;
}
 
// Function to calculate the minimum
// of maximum difference between
// adjacent array elements possible
// by removing a single array element
int MinimumValue(int arr[], int N)
{
    // Stores the required minimum
    int MinValue = INT_MAX;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 
        // Stores the updated array
        vector<int> new_arr;
 
        for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
 
            // Skip the i-th element
            if (i == j)
                continue;
 
            new_arr.push_back(arr[j]);
        }
 
        // Update MinValue
        MinValue
            = min(MinValue,
                  maxAdjacentDifference(new_arr));
    }
 
    // return MinValue
    return MinValue;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 3, 7, 8 };
    int N = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(int);
    cout << MinimumValue(arr, N);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Function to find maximum difference
// between adjacent array elements
static int maxAdjacentDifference(ArrayList<Integer> A)
{
   
    // Store the maximum difference
    int diff = 0;
 
// Traverse the array
    for (int i = 1; i < (int)A.size(); i++)
    {
 
        // Update maximum difference
        diff = Math.max(diff, A.get(i) - A.get(i - 1));
    }
 
    return diff;
}
 
// Function to calculate the minimum
// of maximum difference between
// adjacent array elements possible
// by removing a single array element
static int MinimumValue(int arr[], int N)
{
   
    // Stores the required minimum
    int MinValue = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 
        // Stores the updated array
        ArrayList<Integer> new_arr=new ArrayList<>();
 
        for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
 
            // Skip the i-th element
            if (i == j)
                continue;
 
            new_arr.add(arr[j]);
        }
 
        // Update MinValue
        MinValue
            = Math.min(MinValue,
                  maxAdjacentDifference(new_arr));
    }
 
    // return MinValue
    return MinValue;
 
}
 
  // Driver code
    public static void main (String[] args) {
     int arr[] = { 1, 3, 7, 8 };
    int N = arr.length;
   System.out.print(MinimumValue(arr, N));
 
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by offbeat


Python3




# Python3 program to implement
# the above approach
import sys
 
# Function to find maximum difference
# between adjacent array elements
def maxAdjacentDifference(A):
     
    # Store the maximum difference
    diff = 0
 
    # Traverse the array
    for i in range(1, len(A), 1):
         
        # Update maximum difference
        diff = max(diff, A[i] - A[i - 1])
 
    return diff
 
# Function to calculate the minimum
# of maximum difference between
# adjacent array elements possible
# by removing a single array element
def MinimumValue(arr, N):
     
    # Stores the required minimum
    MinValue = sys.maxsize
 
    for i in range(N):
         
        # Stores the updated array
        new_arr = []
 
        for j in range(N):
             
            # Skip the i-th element
            if (i == j):
                continue
 
            new_arr.append(arr[j])
 
        # Update MinValue
        MinValue = min(MinValue,
                       maxAdjacentDifference(new_arr))
 
    # return MinValue
    return MinValue
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
     
    arr =  [ 1, 3, 7, 8 ]
    N = len(arr)
     
    print(MinimumValue(arr, N))
 
# This code is contributed by SURENDRA_GANGWAR


C#




// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find maximum difference
// between adjacent array elements
static int maxAdjacentDifference(List<int> A)
{
     
    // Store the maximum difference
    int diff = 0;
 
    // Traverse the array
    for(int i = 1; i < A.Count; i++)
    {
         
        // Update maximum difference
        diff = Math.Max(diff, A[i] - A[i - 1]);
    }
    return diff;
}
 
// Function to calculate the minimum
// of maximum difference between
// adjacent array elements possible
// by removing a single array element
static int MinimumValue(int[] arr, int N)
{
     
    // Stores the required minimum
    int MinValue = Int32.MaxValue;
 
    for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
         
        // Stores the updated array
        List<int> new_arr = new List<int>();
 
        for(int j = 0; j < N; j++)
        {
             
            // Skip the i-th element
            if (i == j)
                continue;
 
            new_arr.Add(arr[j]);
        }
 
        // Update MinValue
        MinValue = Math.Min(MinValue,
             maxAdjacentDifference(new_arr));
    }
 
    // Return MinValue
    return MinValue;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    int[] arr = { 1, 3, 7, 8 };
    int N = arr.Length;
     
    Console.WriteLine(MinimumValue(arr, N));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by ukasp


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript program to implement
// the above approach
 
// Function to find maximum difference
// between adjacent array elements
function maxAdjacentDifference(A)
{
    
    // Store the maximum difference
    let diff = 0;
  
// Traverse the array
    for (let i = 1; i < A.length; i++)
    {
  
        // Update maximum difference
        diff = Math.max(diff, A[i] - A[i-1]);
    }
  
    return diff;
}
  
// Function to calculate the minimum
// of maximum difference between
// adjacent array elements possible
// by removing a single array element
function MinimumValue(arr, N)
{
    
    // Stores the required minimum
    let MinValue = Number.MAX_VALUE;
  
    for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) {
  
        // Stores the updated array
        let new_arr=[];
  
        for (let j = 0; j < N; j++) {
  
            // Skip the i-th element
            if (i == j)
                continue;
  
            new_arr.push(arr[j]);
        }
  
        // Update MinValue
        MinValue
            = Math.min(MinValue,
                  maxAdjacentDifference(new_arr));
    }
  
    // return MinValue
    return MinValue;
  
}
 
// Driver code
 
    let arr = [ 1, 3, 7, 8 ];
    let N = arr.length;
   document.write(MinimumValue(arr, N));
            
</script>


Output: 

4

 

Time Complexity : O(N2)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

 



Last Updated : 05 May, 2021
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