Lexicographically Largest Mountain List
You are given three positive integers n, lower, and upper. You want to create a list of length n that is strictly increasing and then strictly decreasing and all the numbers are between [lower, upper], inclusive. Each of the increasing and decreasing parts should be non-empty.
Return the lexicographically largest list possible, or the empty list if it’s not possible.
Constraints
3 ≤ n ≤ 100,0001 ≤ lower ≤ upper < 2 ** 31
https://binarysearch.com/problems/Lexicographically-Largest-Mountain-List
Examples
Example 1
Input
- n =
5 - lower =
2 - upper =
6
Output
- answer =
[5, 6, 5, 4, 3]
Explanation
Note that [6, 5, 4, 3, 2] is not valid since the strictly increasing part has to be non-empty.
Example 2
Input
- n =
5 - lower =
90 - upper =
92
Output
- answer =
[90, 91, 92, 91, 90]
Example 3
Input
- n =
6 - lower =
3 - upper =
5
Output
- answer =
[]
Explanation
It’s impossible to make a strictly increasing then decreasing list of size 6 here.
Example 4
Input
- n =
3 - lower =
8 - upper =
11
Output
- answer =
[10, 11, 10]
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