@snehal....no its incorrect..consider the following example
  -2 3

The answer to this problem is the entire array with sum 1.(not the min of
positive number)



On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM, snehal jain <[email protected]> wrote:

> a friend of mine was asked this question in google interview..
>
> according to me the min element in the array is the answer provided that
> its not zero.. as 1 element can also be a subarray. but that would solve the
> problem in O(n) only.. ( this is what i understood) am i missing anything..?
> please help..
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 21, 1:05 am, snehal jain <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > In this variation of the Maximum-Sum Subarray Problem, you are given a
>> > one-dimensional array A[1 : n] of positive or negative numbers, and
>> > you are asked to find a subarray A[i : j] such that the sum of its
>> > elements is (1) strictly greater than zero, and (2) minimum. In other
>> > words, you want to find a subarray of smallest positive sum. Give an
>> > O(nlog^2n) Divide and Conquer algorithm and a O(nlogn) Dynamic
>> > Programming Algorithm.
>>
>> There are three considerations here:
>>
>> 1)  Insufficient clarity in the problem statement.
>> 2)  Most people don't want to do others homework/school problems for
>> them.
>> 3)  At very least...  you need to show that you are attempting to
>> answer the problem yourself at least a little bit.
>>
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