<p>You are given a <strong>0-indexed</strong> integer array <code>nums</code> having length <code>n</code>, and an integer <code>k</code>.</p> <p>You can perform the following <strong>increment</strong> operation <strong>any</strong> number of times (<strong>including zero</strong>):</p> <ul> <li>Choose an index <code>i</code> in the range <code>[0, n - 1]</code>, and increase <code>nums[i]</code> by <code>1</code>.</li> </ul> <p>An array is considered <strong>beautiful</strong> if, for any <strong>subarray</strong> with a size of <code>3</code> or <strong>more</strong>, its <strong>maximum</strong> element is <strong>greater than or equal</strong> to <code>k</code>.</p> <p>Return <em>an integer denoting the <strong>minimum</strong> number of increment operations needed to make </em><code>nums</code><em> <strong>beautiful</strong>.</em></p> <p>A subarray is a contiguous <strong>non-empty</strong> sequence of elements within an array.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> nums = [2,3,0,0,2], k = 4 <strong>Output:</strong> 3 <strong>Explanation:</strong> We can perform the following increment operations to make nums beautiful: Choose index i = 1 and increase nums[1] by 1 -> [2,4,0,0,2]. Choose index i = 4 and increase nums[4] by 1 -> [2,4,0,0,3]. Choose index i = 4 and increase nums[4] by 1 -> [2,4,0,0,4]. The subarrays with a size of 3 or more are: [2,4,0], [4,0,0], [0,0,4], [2,4,0,0], [4,0,0,4], [2,4,0,0,4]. In all the subarrays, the maximum element is equal to k = 4, so nums is now beautiful. It can be shown that nums cannot be made beautiful with fewer than 3 increment operations. Hence, the answer is 3. </pre> <p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> nums = [0,1,3,3], k = 5 <strong>Output:</strong> 2 <strong>Explanation:</strong> We can perform the following increment operations to make nums beautiful: Choose index i = 2 and increase nums[2] by 1 -> [0,1,4,3]. Choose index i = 2 and increase nums[2] by 1 -> [0,1,5,3]. The subarrays with a size of 3 or more are: [0,1,5], [1,5,3], [0,1,5,3]. In all the subarrays, the maximum element is equal to k = 5, so nums is now beautiful. It can be shown that nums cannot be made beautiful with fewer than 2 increment operations. Hence, the answer is 2. </pre> <p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> nums = [1,1,2], k = 1 <strong>Output:</strong> 0 <strong>Explanation:</strong> The only subarray with a size of 3 or more in this example is [1,1,2]. The maximum element, 2, is already greater than k = 1, so we don't need any increment operation. Hence, the answer is 0. </pre> <p> </p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>3 <= n == nums.length <= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li> <li><code>0 <= nums[i] <= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li> <li><code>0 <= k <= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li> </ul>