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/Solution: Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree
Solution: Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree
Let's solve the Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree problem using the Tree Depth-first Search pattern.
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Statement
Given a binary search tree with nodes, your task is to find the lowest common ancestor of two of its nodes, node1
and node2
.
The lowest common ancestor of two nodes, node1
and node2
, is defined as the lowest node in the binary search tree that has both node1
and node2
as descendants.
By definition, a node is a descendant of itself. For example, if node2
is a descendant of node1
, and we know that node1
is a descendant of itself, then node1
will be the lowest common ancestor of node1
and node2
.
Constraints: