Problem:
Score : 600 points

Problem Statement

You are given an integer sequence A of length N and an integer K.
You will perform the following operation on this sequence Q times:

Choose a contiguous subsequence of length K, then remove the smallest element among the K elements contained in the chosen subsequence (if there are multiple such elements, choose one of them as you like).

Let X and Y be the values of the largest and smallest element removed in the Q operations. You would like X-Y to be as small as possible.
Find the smallest possible value of X-Y when the Q operations are performed optimally.

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 2000

1 \leq K \leq N

1 \leq Q \leq N-K+1

1 \leq A_i \leq 10^9

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N K Q
A_1 A_2 ... A_N

Output

Print the smallest possible value of X-Y.

Sample Input 1

5 3 2
4 3 1 5 2

Sample Output 1

1

In the first operation, whichever contiguous subsequence of length 3 we choose, the minimum element in it is 1.
Thus, the first operation removes A_3=1 and now we have A=(4,3,5,2).
In the second operation, it is optimal to choose (A_2,A_3,A_4)=(3,5,2) as the contiguous subsequence of length 3 and remove A_4=2.
In this case, the largest element removed is 2, and the smallest is 1, so their difference is 2-1=1.

Sample Input 2

10 1 6
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55

Sample Output 2

7

Sample Input 3

11 7 5
24979445 861648772 623690081 433933447 476190629 262703497 211047202 971407775 628894325 731963982 822804784

Sample Output 3

451211184

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
class Solve{
    public Solve(){}
    StringBuilder sb;
    ReadData re;
    public static int Main(){
        new Solve().Run();
        return 0;
    }
    void Run(){
        sb = new StringBuilder();
        re = new ReadData();
        Calc();
        Console.Write(sb.ToString());
    }
    void Calc(){
        int N = re.i();
        int K = re.i();
        int Q = re.i();
        long[] A = re.la();
        Heap H1 = new Heap(N+1);
        Heap H2 = new Heap(N+1);
        long count = 100000000000;
        for(int i=0;i<N;i++){
            long min = A[i];
            int last = -1;
            for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
                if(A[j] >= min){
                    if(H1.size == 0){
                        last = j;
                    }
                    H1.push(A[j]);
                }
                if(H1.size != 0 && (j == N-1 || A[j+1] < min)){
                    int L = j-last+1;
                    for(int k=0;k<L-K+1;k++){
                        H2.push(H1.pop());
                    }
                    H1.size = 0;
                }
            }
            long max = 0;
            for(int j=0;j<Q;j++){
                if(H2.size == 0){
                    max = 10000000000000;
                    break;
                }
                else{
                    max = Math.Max(max,H2.pop());
                }
            }
            H2.size = 0;
            count = Math.Min(count,max-min);
        }
        sb.Append(count+"\n");
    }
}
class Heap{
    public int size;
    long[] obj;

    public Heap(int maxsize){
        size = 0;
        obj = new long[maxsize];
    }
    public bool Compare(long a,long b){
        return a <= b;
    }
    public void push(long a){
        int i = size;
        size++;
        while(i > 0){
            int p = (i - 1)/2;
            if(Compare(obj[p],a)){
                obj[i] = a;
                break;
            }
            obj[i] = obj[p];
            i = p;
        }
        if(i == 0){
            obj[0] = a;
        }
    }
    public long pop(){
        long t = obj[0];
        int i = 0;
        size--;
        while(2*i+1 < size){
            int p = 2*i+1;
            if(p+1 < size && Compare(obj[p+1],obj[p])){
                p++;
            }
            if(Compare(obj[p],obj[size])){
                obj[i] = obj[p];
                i = p;
            }
            else{
                obj[i] = obj[size];
                break;
            }
        }
        if(2*i+1 >= size){
            obj[i] = obj[size];
        }
        return t;
    }
}
class ReadData{
    string[] str;
    int counter;
    public ReadData(){
        counter = 0;
    }
    public string s(){
        if(counter == 0){
            str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            counter = str.Length;
        }
        counter--;
        return str[str.Length-counter-1];
    }
    public int i(){
        return int.Parse(s());
    }
    public long l(){
        return long.Parse(s());
    }
    public double d(){
        return double.Parse(s());
    }
    public int[] ia(int N){
        int[] ans = new int[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = i();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public int[] ia(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        int[] ans = new int[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = int.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public long[] la(int N){
        long[] ans = new long[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = l();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public long[] la(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        long[] ans = new long[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = long.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public double[] da(int N){
        double[] ans = new double[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = d();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public double[] da(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        double[] ans = new double[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = double.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(int N,int[] f,int[] t){
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<f.Length;j++){
            ans[f[j]].Add(t[j]);
            ans[t[j]].Add(f[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(int N,int M){
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<M;j++){
            int f = i()-1;
            int t = i()-1;
            ans[f].Add(t);
            ans[t].Add(f);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(){
        int N = i();
        int M = i();
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<M;j++){
            int f = i()-1;
            int t = i()-1;
            ans[f].Add(t);
            ans[t].Add(f);
        }
        return ans;
    }
}
public static class Define{
    public const long mod = 1000000007;
}
public static class Debug{
    public static void Print(double[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(double[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(double[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
}