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Solution: Kth Largest Element in an Array

Explore the method to identify the kth largest element in an integer array by using a min heap to maintain the top k elements efficiently. Understand how to implement this approach in C# and analyze its time and space complexities, preparing for common coding interview questions.

Statement

Given an integer array, nums, and an integer, k, determine and return the kth largest element in the array.

Note: The kth largest element is defined with respect to the array’s sorted order (descending), and does not necessarily correspond to the kth unique value.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq k \leq nums.length 103\leq 10^3

  • 104-10^4 \leq ...