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## Finding the Peak and Target in a Mountain Array (Bitonic Array): A Comprehensive Tutorial

A **Mountain Array** (also known as a Bitonic Array) is an array that consists of an increasing sequence of integers followed by a decreasing sequence of integers. In other words, there exists a single "peak" or "mountain top" element in the array such that:

* `arr[0] arr[1] ... arr[i-1] arr[i]`
* `arr[i] arr[i+1] ... arr[arr.length - 1]`

The key property of a mountain array is that it's monotonically increasing until the peak and monotonically decreasing after the peak. This property allows us to efficiently search for the peak and specific target elements using binary search.

This tutorial will cover the following:

1. **Understanding the Problem**
2. **Finding the Peak Element (Mountain Top)**
3. **Searching for a Target Element**
* Searching in the Increasing Subarray
* Searching in the Decreasing Subarray
4. **Putting it All Together: `findInMountainArray` Function**
5. **Handling Edge Cases and Error Conditions**
6. **Time and Space Complexity Analysis**
7. **Code Examples (Python, Java, C++)**
8. **Optimization Considerations**

**1. Understanding the Problem**

The core problem is to find the index of a target element within a mountain array. The array is structured in a way that standard binary search doesn't directly apply because the array isn't sorted entirely in ascending or descending order. We need to adapt the binary search algorithm to leverage the mountain-like structure.

**2. Finding the Peak Element (Mountain Top)**

Before we can search for a target element, we need to locate the peak element. The peak is the element with the maximum value in the array. This is where the "mountain" summits. We can find the peak efficiently using a modified binary search.

**Algorithm:**

1. **Initialize `start` and `end` pointers:** `start = 0`, `end = arr.length - 1`
2. **While `start end`:**
* Calculate the middle ...

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