#AT1694. D - Stamp
D - Stamp
D - Stamp
Score : $400$ points
Problem Statement
There are $N$ squares arranged in a row from left to right. Let Square $i$ be the $i$-th square from the left.
$M$ of those squares, Square $A_1$, $A_2$, $A_3$, $\ldots$, $A_M$, are blue; the others are white. ($M$ may be $0$, in which case there is no blue square.)
You will choose a positive integer $k$ just once and make a stamp with width $k$. In one use of a stamp with width $k$, you can choose $k$ consecutive squares from the $N$ squares and repaint them red, as long as those $k$ squares do not contain a blue square.
At least how many uses of the stamp are needed to have no white square, with the optimal choice of $k$ and the usage of the stamp?
Constraints
- $1 \le N \le 10^9$
- $0 \le M \le 2 \times 10^5$
- $1 \le A_i \le N$
- $A_i$ are pairwise distinct.
- All values in input are integers.
Input
Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
$A_1 \hspace{7pt} A_2 \hspace{7pt} A_3 \hspace{5pt} \dots \hspace{5pt} A_M$
Output
Print the minimum number of uses of the stamp needed to have no white square.
5 2
1 3
3
If we choose $k = 1$ and repaint the three white squares one at a time, three uses are enough, which is optimal.
Choosing $k = 2$ or greater would make it impossible to repaint Square $2$, because of the restriction that does not allow the $k$ squares to contain a blue square.
13 3
13 3 9
6
One optimal strategy is choosing $k = 2$ and using the stamp as follows:
- Repaint Squares $1, 2$ red.
- Repaint Squares $4, 5$ red.
- Repaint Squares $5, 6$ red.
- Repaint Squares $7, 8$ red.
- Repaint Squares $10, 11$ red.
- Repaint Squares $11, 12$ red.
Note that, although the $k$ consecutive squares chosen when using the stamp cannot contain blue squares, they can contain already red squares.
5 5
5 2 1 4 3
0
If there is no white square from the beginning, we do not have to use the stamp at all.
1 0
1
$M$ may be $0$.