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You are given an array $A$ of size $N$, which is initially a permutation of the integers in the range $[1, N]$. You can do the following operation multiple times on $A$: - Choose $i, j$ such that $1 \le i < j \le |A|$ and $A_i > A_j$, then choose to delete either $A_i$ or $A_j$. We say an array $A$ is **terminal** if it is not possible to perform any operations on $A$. We say an array $B$ is **

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