Write a programme that discovers the closest pair given an array a[] of N double values: two values whose difference is no bigger than the difference of any other pair (in absolute value). In the worst-case scenario, your program's execution time should be linearithmic.

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Write a programme that discovers the closest pair given an array a[] of N double values: two values whose difference is no bigger than the difference of any other pair (in absolute value). In the worst-case scenario, your program's execution time should be linearithmic.

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