Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array

Suppose a sorted array is rotated at some pivot unknown to you beforehand.

(i.e., 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 might become 4 5 6 7 0 1 2).

Find the minimum element.

You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.

Solution 1:

public class Solution {
    public int findMin(int[] nums) {
        int lo=0, hi=nums.length-1;
        while(lo<=hi){
            int mid = lo + (hi-lo)/2;
            if(nums[lo]<=nums[hi]){
                break;
            } else {
                if(nums[mid]>=nums[lo]){
                    lo = mid + 1;
                } else {
                    hi = mid;
                    lo = lo + 1;
                }
            }
        }
        return nums[lo];
    }
}

Solution 2:

public class Solution {
    public int findMin(int[] nums) {
        int lo=0, hi=nums.length-1;
        while(lo<hi){
            int mid = (lo+hi)/2;
            if(nums[mid]>nums[hi]) lo=mid+1;
            else hi=mid;
        }
        return nums[lo];
    }
}
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