"content":"<p>You are given an array <code>nums</code> of <code>n</code> positive integers.</p>\n\n<p>You can perform two types of operations on any element of the array any number of times:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>If the element is <strong>even</strong>, <strong>divide</strong> it by <code>2</code>.\n\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>For example, if the array is <code>[1,2,3,4]</code>, then you can do this operation on the last element, and the array will be <code>[1,2,3,<u>2</u>].</code></li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>If the element is <strong>odd</strong>, <strong>multiply</strong> it by <code>2</code>.\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>For example, if the array is <code>[1,2,3,4]</code>, then you can do this operation on the first element, and the array will be <code>[<u>2</u>,2,3,4].</code></li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>The <strong>deviation</strong> of the array is the <strong>maximum difference</strong> between any two elements in the array.</p>\n\n<p>Return <em>the <strong>minimum deviation</strong> the array can have after performing some number of operations.</em></p>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [1,2,3,4]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 1\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> You can transform the array to [1,2,3,<u>2</u>], then to [<u>2</u>,2,3,2], then the deviation will be 3 - 2 = 1.\n</pre>\n\n<p><strong>Example 2:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [4,1,5,20,3]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 3\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> You can transform the array after two operations to [4,<u>2</u>,5,<u>5</u>,3], then the deviation will be 5 - 2 = 3.\n</pre>\n\n<p><strong>Example 3:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [2,10,8]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 3\n</pre>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><code>n == nums.length</code></li>\n\t<li><code>2 <= n <= 10<sup><span style=\"font-size: 10.8333px;\">5</span></sup></code></li>\n\t<li><code>1 <= nums[i] <= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li>\n</ul>\n",
"Assume you start with the minimum possible value for each number so you can only multiply a number by 2 till it reaches its maximum possible value.",
"If there is a better solution than the current one, then it must have either its maximum value less than the current maximum value, or the minimum value larger than the current minimum value.",
"Since that we only increase numbers (multiply them by 2), we cannot decrease the current maximum value, so we must multiply the current minimum number by 2."
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