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Design a data structure to efficiently count how many closed intervals cover a given integer point.
Preprocess interval boundaries to support extremely fast repeated query operations.
Decouple interval start and end points to transform a geometric overlap check into simple arithmetic counts.
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Binary search applications on sorted arrays
Data structure design for read-heavy workloads
Mathematical decomposition of inequality conditions
Time complexity trade-offs between preprocessing and query execution
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