Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null
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Note: Do not modify the linked list.
Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?
如下图所示,X,Y,Z分别为链表起始位置,环开始位置和两指针相遇位置,则根据快指针速度为慢指针速度的两倍,可以得出:
2*(a + b) = a + b + n * (b + c);即
a=(n - 1) * b + n * c = (n - 1)(b + c) +c;
注意到b+c恰好为环的长度,故可以推出,如将此时两指针分别放在起始位置和相遇位置,并以相同速度前进,当一个指针走完距离a时,另一个指针恰好走出 绕环n-1圈加上c的距离。故两指针会在环开始位置相遇。

代码就非常好写了,如下:
ListNode * detectCycle(ListNode * head) {
// write your code here
if(!head || !head->next)
return NULL;
ListNode *fast = head, *slow = head;
while(fast && fast->next){
slow = slow->next;
fast = fast->next->next;
if(fast == slow){
slow = head;
while(fast!=slow){
slow = slow->next;
fast = fast->next;
}
return slow;
}
}
return NULL;
}