Given a linked list, determine if it has a cycle in it.

Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?

O(n) time O(1) space

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/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) {
* val = x;
* next = null;
* }
* }
*/

public class Solution {
public boolean hasCycle(ListNode head) {
if(head == null || head.next == null) return false;
ListNode slower = head, faster = head;

while (faster != null && faster.next != null){
slower = slower.next;
faster = faster.next.next;
if (slower == faster){
return true;
}
}

return false;
}
}