Singlet vector is defined as A [0, n), where the prefix {a0, a1, ..., ak} strictly increasing, suffixes {ak + 1, ak + 2, ..., an-1} strictly decreasing. Design algorithm finds the location of the maximum value k in O (logn) time.
int find (int arr[],int len){
if (len ==1) {
return 0;
}
if (arr[0]<arr[1]) {
return 0;
}
int low = 0,high = len -1;
if(arr[high ]> arr[high - 1]){
return high;
}
int mid = 0;
while (low<high) {
mid = (low+high)/2;
if (arr[mid]>=arr[mid -1]&&arr[mid] > arr[mid+1]) {
return mid;
}
if (arr[mid] > arr[mid+1]) {
high = mid -1;
}
if (arr[mid] > arr[mid-1]) {
low = mid + 1;
}
}
return mid;
}