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Added solution for "287. Find the Duplicate Number ".
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class Solution:
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def findDuplicate(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
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tortoise = nums[0]
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hare = nums[0]
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# do {
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# tortoise = nums[tortoise]
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# hare = nums[nums[hare]]
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# } while (tortoise != hare)
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while 1:
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tortoise = nums[tortoise]
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hare = nums[nums[hare]]
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if tortoise==hare:
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break
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ptr1 = nums[0]
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ptr2 = hare
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while (ptr1 != ptr2):
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ptr1 = nums[ptr1]
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ptr2 = nums[ptr2]
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return ptr1;

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