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+https://leetcode.com/problems/find-peak-element/
+def findPeakElement(self, nums):
+    left = 0
+    right = len(nums)-1
+
+    # handle condition 3
+    while left < right-1:
+        mid = (left+right)/2
+        if nums[mid] > nums[mid+1] and nums[mid] > nums[mid-1]:
+            return mid
+
+        if nums[mid] < nums[mid+1]:
+            left = mid+1
+        else:
+            right = mid-1
+
+    #handle condition 1 and 2
+    return left if nums[left] >= nums[right] else right