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Max Sum of Non-Adjacent Elements
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Max Sum of Non-Adjacent Elements

EasyPython

Problem

A Quora Feed ranking experiment assigns an integer score to each candidate item. Given an array of scores, choose a subset of items with no two selected items adjacent, maximizing the total score. You may choose no items, so the result is 0 when every score is negative.

Formal Specification

Implement a function that accepts nums, a list of integers, and returns an integer representing the maximum possible sum of non-adjacent elements. Adjacent means consecutive positions in the original array. You do not need to return the selected indices.

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 100,000
  • -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
  • The result fits within a signed 64-bit integer
  • Selecting no elements is allowed

Function Signature

def max_non_adjacent_sum(nums):
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