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Find K Pairs with Smallest Sums

Explore how to find the k pairs of numbers with the smallest sums from two sorted arrays. This lesson helps you understand and implement k-way merge strategies to solve this problem efficiently, preparing you for coding interviews that involve merging and sorting challenges.

Statement

You are given two integer arrays, list1 and list2, sorted in non-decreasing order, and an integer, k.

A pair (u, v)(u, \space v) is defined as one element uu chosen from list1 and one element vv chosen from list2.

Your task is to return the k pairs (u1, v1),(u2, v2),... ...