2025-07-26 15:50:49 +0000 UTC

Maximize Subarrays After Removing One Conflicting Pair

Code

class Solution:
    def maxSubarrays(self, n: int, conflictingPairs: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        bMin1 = [2**31 - 1] * (n + 1)
        bMin2 = [2**31 - 1] * (n + 1)
        for pair in conflictingPairs:
            a = min(pair[0], pair[1])
            b = max(pair[0], pair[1])
            if bMin1[a] > b:
                bMin2[a] = bMin1[a]
                bMin1[a] = b
            elif bMin2[a] > b:
                bMin2[a] = b
        res = 0
        ib1 = n
        b2 = 0x3FFFFFFF
        delCount = [0] * (n + 1)
        for i in range(n, 0, -1):
            if bMin1[ib1] > bMin1[i]:
                b2 = min(b2, bMin1[ib1])
                ib1 = i
            else:
                b2 = min(b2, bMin1[i])
            res += min(bMin1[ib1], n + 1) - i
            delCount[ib1] += min(min(b2, bMin2[ib1]), n + 1) - min(
                bMin1[ib1], n + 1
            )
        return res + max(delCount)