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Kth Smallest Number in M Sorted Lists

Explore how to find the kth smallest element from multiple sorted lists by applying the K-way merge pattern. Understand handling duplicates, empty lists, and cases where k exceeds total elements to write optimized solutions.

Statement

Given a list, lists, containing mm sorted lists of integers in ascending order, and an integer k, find the kthk^{th} ...