Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List
Determine if a given singly linked list of integers forms a cycle or not.
A cycle in a linked list occurs when a node's next
points back to a previous node in the list. Thus, the list does not have a linear structure with a beginning and an end, but instead cycles through a loop of nodes.
Input:
The first line of each test case contains the elements of the singly linked list, separated by a single space and terminated by -1, where -1 indicates the end of the list and would never be a list element.
The second line contains an integer position "pos" which denotes the position (0-indexed) in the linked list where the tail connects to a cycle, or -1 if there is no cycle.
Output:
The only line of output should be 'true' if the linked list contains a cycle, or 'false' if it does not.
The function should not explicitly print the output, as it is handled automatically.
Example:
Input:
3 2 0 -4 -1
1
Output:
true
Explanation:
The linked list is: 3 -> 2 -> 0 -> -4, and position 1 indicates the tail connects to the second node, forming a cycle.
Constraints:
- 0 ≤ N ≤ 106
- -1 ≤ pos < N
- -109 ≤ data ≤ 109 and data ≠ -1
Note:
Aim to solve this problem with O(N) time complexity and O(1) space complexity.

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