- Difficulty: Medium
- Tags: LeetCode, Medium, Array, Math, Number Theory, Sorting, leetcode-2607, Greedy, O(n), Quick Select
Problem
You are given a 0-indexed integer array arr
and an integer k
. The array arr
is circular. In other words, the first element of the array is the next element of the last element, and the last element of the array is the previous element of the first element.
You can do the following operation any number of times:
- Pick any element from
arr
and increase or decrease it by1
.
Return the minimum number of operations such that the sum of each subarray of length k
is equal.
A subarray is a contiguous part of the array.
Example 1:
Input: arr = [1,4,1,3], k = 2 Output: 1 Explanation: we can do one operation on index 1 to make its value equal to 3. The array after the operation is [1,3,1,3] - Subarray starts at index 0 is [1, 3], and its sum is 4 - Subarray starts at index 1 is [3, 1], and its sum is 4 - Subarray starts at index 2 is [1, 3], and its sum is 4 - Subarray starts at index 3 is [3, 1], and its sum is 4
Example 2:
Input: arr = [2,5,5,7], k = 3 Output: 5 Explanation: we can do three operations on index 0 to make its value equal to 5 and two operations on index 3 to make its value equal to 5. The array after the operations is [5,5,5,5] - Subarray starts at index 0 is [5, 5, 5], and its sum is 15 - Subarray starts at index 1 is [5, 5, 5], and its sum is 15 - Subarray starts at index 2 is [5, 5, 5], and its sum is 15 - Subarray starts at index 3 is [5, 5, 5], and its sum is 15
Constraints:
1 <= k <= arr.length <= 105
1 <= arr[i] <= 109