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Solution: Kth Smallest Number in Multiplication Table

Explore how to find the kth smallest number in an m by n multiplication table by leveraging the table's ordered structure and binary search. Understand how to count elements less than a target value in each row to optimize the search, avoiding explicit table construction, and achieving an efficient solution.

Statement

You are given a multiplication table of size m×\timesn, where each element at position mat[i][j] is calculated as i×ji \times j ...