描述
Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null.
Follow up: Can you solve it without using extra space?
分析
當fast與slow相遇時,slow肯定沒有遍歷完鏈表,而fast已經在環內循環了n圈(1 \leq n1≤n)。假設slow走了s步,則fast走了2s步(fast步數還等於s加上在環上多轉的n圈),設環長爲r,則:
2s = s + nr
s = nr
設整個鏈表長L,環入口點與相遇點距離爲a,起點到環入口點的距離爲x,則
x + a = nr = (n – 1)r +r = (n-1)r + L - x
x = (n-1)r + (L – x – a)
L – x – a爲相遇點到環入口點的距離,由此可知,從鏈表頭到環入口點等於n-1圈內環+相遇點到環入口點,於是我們可以從head開始另設一個指針slow2,兩個慢指針每次前進一步,它倆一定會在環入口點相遇。
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) {
* val = x;
* next = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode detectCycle(ListNode head) {
ListNode fast = head;
ListNode slow1 = head;
while(fast != null && fast.next != null){
slow1 = slow1.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
if(slow1 == fast){
ListNode slow2 = head;
while(slow2 != slow1){
slow2 = slow2.next;
slow1 = slow1.next;
}
return slow2;
}
}
return null;
}
}