Medium
Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array
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Problem Description
Suppose an array of length `n` sorted in ascending order is **rotated** between 1 and `n` times. For example, the array `nums = [0,1,2,4,5,6,7]` might become:
- `[4,5,6,7,0,1,2]` if it was rotated 4 times.
- `[0,1,2,4,5,6,7]` if it was rotated 7 times.
Notice that rotating an array `[a[0], a[1], a[2], ..., a[n-1]]` 1 time results in the array `[a[n-1], a[0], a[1], a[2], ..., a[n-2]]`.
Given the sorted rotated array `nums` of **unique** elements, return the **minimum element** of this array.
You must write an algorithm that runs in **O(log n)** time.
**Example 1:**
Input: nums = [3,4,5,1,2]
Output: 1
Explanation: The original array was [1,2,3,4,5] rotated 3 times.
**Example 2:**
Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2]
Output: 0
Explanation: The original array was [0,1,2,4,5,6,7] and it was rotated 4 times.
**Example 3:**
Input: nums = [11,13,15,17]
Output: 11
Explanation: The original array was [11,13,15,17] and it was rotated 4 times.
Constraints
- n == nums.length
- 1 <= n <= 5000
- -5000 <= nums[i] <= 5000
- All the integers of nums are **unique**
- nums is sorted and rotated between 1 and n times
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