Find minimum K such that difference between any Array pair is not a multiple of K

Last Updated : 24 Mar, 2023

Given an array arr[] of length N. Find a positive integer K such that the difference between any pair of array elements is not a multiple of K.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {11, 20, 13}
Output: 4
?Explanation: The possible differences are A₁? A₂ = 9, A₁? A₃ = 2 , and A₂? A₃= 7. The least positive integer not a multiple of any of these differences is 4.

Input: A = {21, 34, 23}
Output: 3

Approach: The problem can be solved based on the following observation:

Let M be the maximum element in an array. So difference between any pair of the array will also be ? M. Therefore, finding an element in the range of 2 to M is the required task.

Follow the steps mentioned below to implement the idea:

Iterate a loop over the array arr[] to find the maximum element (say mx) in the array.
After that, iterate a for loop from 1 to mx:
- Store true in diff if at least one bit is set in (arr&temp).any().
- Otherwise, diff store false.
Iterate d from n to mx and set found = true.
- Again Iterate j from d to mx and increment j = j+d and check the value of diff, if it is true then set found = false.
- Otherwise, set found = true.
If found is true then print d such that the difference between any pair of array elements is not a multiple of d.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ code to implement the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

const int MAX = 200003;
int d, n, mx;
bitset<MAX> arr, temp, diff;
int t;
int x;

// Function to smallest positive integer d
void find(int a[], int n)
{

    mx = 0;
    arr = 0;
    diff = 0;
    // find maximum element in an array
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {

        arr.set(a[i]);
        mx = max(mx, a[i]);
    }

    // Iterate d from 1 to mx
    temp = arr;

    for (int d = 1; d <= mx; d++) {
        temp <<= 1;
        diff[d] = (arr & temp).any();
    }

    // Iterate from n to mx
    d = n;

    for (; d <= mx; ++d) {
        bool found = true;
        for (int j = d; j < mx; j += d) {
            if (diff[j]) {
                found = false;
                break;
            }
        }

        // If found = true
        if (found) {
            cout << d << '\n';
            return;
        }
    }
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{

    int A[] = { 11, 20, 13 };
    int N = sizeof(A) / sizeof(A[0]);

    // Function Call
    find(A, N);

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code to implement the same approach

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class GFG {

  static final int MAX = 200003;
  static int d, n, mx, t, x;
  static int[] arr, temp, diff;

  // Function to find smallest positive integer d
  public static void find(int[] a, int n)
  {
    mx = 0;
    arr = new int[MAX];
    diff = new int[MAX];

    // Find maximum element in the array
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      arr[a[i]] = 1;
      mx = Math.max(mx, a[i]);
    }

    // Iterate d from 1 to mx
    temp = Arrays.copyOf(arr, arr.length);
    for (d = 1; d <= mx; d++) {
      temp = shiftLeft(temp);
      for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
        diff[d] = diff[d] | (arr[i] & temp[i]);
      }
    }

    // Iterate from n to mx
    d = n;
    while (d <= mx) {
      boolean found = true;
      for (int j = d; j < mx; j += d) {
        if (diff[j] != 0) {
          found = false;
          break;
        }
      }

      // If found = true
      if (found) {
        System.out.println(d);
        return;
      }
      d += 1;
    }
  }

  // Helper function to shift array elements to left
  private static int[] shiftLeft(int[] arr)
  {
    int[] result = new int[arr.length];
    for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
      result[i - 1] = arr[i];
    }
    result[result.length - 1] = 0;
    return result;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    int[] A = { 11, 20, 13 };
    int N = A.length;

    // Function Call
    find(A, N);
  }
}

// This code is contributed by sankar.

Python3

# Python code to implement the same approach
import math

MAX = 200003
d = n = mx = 0
arr = temp = diff = None
t = x = 0

# Function to find smallest positive integer d
def find(a, n):
    global d, mx, arr, temp, diff
    mx = 0
    arr = [0]*MAX
    diff = [0]*MAX

    # Find maximum element in the array
    for i in range(n):
        arr[a[i]] = 1
        mx = max(mx, a[i])

    # Iterate d from 1 to mx
    temp = arr.copy()

    for d in range(1, mx+1):
        temp = [0] + temp[:-1]
        for i in range(MAX):
            diff[d] = diff[d] or (arr[i] and temp[i])

    # Iterate from n to mx
    d = n
    while d <= mx:
        found = True
        for j in range(d, mx, d):
            if diff[j]:
                found = False
                break

        # If found = true
        if found:
            print(d)
            return
        d += 1

# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__":
    A = [11, 20, 13]
    N = len(A)

    # Function Call
    find(A, N)

# This code is contributed by shivamsharma215

// C# code implementation:

using System;

public class GFG {

    static int MAX = 200003;
    static int d, n, mx, t, x;
    static int[] arr, temp, diff;

    // Function to find smallest positive integer d
    public static void Find(int[] a, int n)
    {
        mx = 0;
        arr = new int[MAX];
        diff = new int[MAX];

        // Find maximum element in the array
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[a[i]] = 1;
            mx = Math.Max(mx, a[i]);
        }

        // Iterate d from 1 to mx
        temp = (int[])arr.Clone();
        for (d = 1; d <= mx; d++) {
            temp = ShiftLeft(temp);
            for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
                diff[d] |= (arr[i] & temp[i]);
            }
        }

        // Iterate from n to mx
        d = n;
        while (d <= mx) {
            bool found = true;
            for (int j = d; j < mx; j += d) {
                if (diff[j] != 0) {
                    found = false;
                    break;
                }
            }

            // If found = true
            if (found) {
                Console.WriteLine(d);
                return;
            }
            d += 1;
        }
    }

    // Helper function to shift array elements to left
    private static int[] ShiftLeft(int[] arr)
    {
        int[] result = new int[arr.Length];
        for (int i = 1; i < arr.Length; i++) {
            result[i - 1] = arr[i];
        }
        result[result.Length - 1] = 0;
        return result;
    }

    static public void Main()
    {

        // Code
        int[] A = { 11, 20, 13 };
        int N = A.Length;

        // Function Call
        Find(A, N);
    }
}

// This code is contributed by karthik.

JavaScript

const MAX = 200003;
let d = n = mx = 0;
let arr = temp = diff = null;
let t = x = 0;

// Function to find smallest positive integer d
function find(a, n) {
  let mx = 0;
  let arr = new Array(MAX).fill(0);
  let diff = new Array(MAX).fill(0);

  // Find maximum element in the array
  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    arr[a[i]] = 1;
    mx = Math.max(mx, a[i]);
  }

  // Iterate d from 1 to mx
  let temp = [...arr];

  for (let d = 1; d <= mx; d++) {
    temp.unshift(0);
    temp.pop();
    for (let i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
      diff[d] = diff[d] || (arr[i] && temp[i]);
    }
  }

  // Iterate from n to mx
  d = n;
  while (d <= mx) {
    let found = true;
    for (let j = d; j < mx; j += d) {
      if (diff[j]) {
        found = false;
        break;
      }
    }

    // If found = true
    if (found) {
      console.log(d);
      return;
    }
    d += 1;
  }
}

// Driver Code
let A = [11, 20, 13];
let N = A.length;

// Function Call
find(A, N);