Practice Minimum Seconds to Equalize a Circular Array
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Problem Statement
Every second, simultaneously replace each nums entry with its own current value or either current neighboring value, treating the array as circular. Return the minimum seconds needed to make all entries equal.
Source: Minimum Seconds to Equalize a Circular Array on LeetCode. Use the original task for its coding environment and submissions.
Examples
# Example 1
Input
nums = [1,2,1,2]
Output
1
# Example 2
Input
nums = [2,1,3,3,2]
Output
2
# Example 3
Input
nums = [5,5,5,5]
Output
0
Constraints
1 <= n == nums.length <= 10^5
1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
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