public static int getLeftMax ( int arr [ ] , int n ) {
  int max = arr [ n - 1 ] ;
  int leftMax = n - 1 ;
  int i = n - 2 ;
  while ( i > 0 ) {
    if ( arr [ i ] == max ) leftMax = i ;
    i /= 2 ;
  }
  i = leftMax - 1 ;
  while ( i >= 0 && arr [ i ] == max ) {
    leftMax = i ;
    i -- ;
  }
  return leftMax ;
}

public static int getLeftMax ( int arr [ ] , int n ) { int max = arr [ n - 1 ] ; int leftMax = n - 1 ; int i = n - 2 ; while ( i > 0 ) { if ( arr [ i ] == max ) leftMax = i ; i /= 2 ; } i = leftMax - 1 ; while ( i >= 0 && arr [ i ] == max ) { leftMax = i ; i -- ; } return leftMax ; }
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