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Solution: Kth Largest Element in an Array

Understand how to identify the kth largest element in an array by applying the top k elements pattern. Learn to use a min heap to maintain the k largest values efficiently, enabling you to solve the problem with better time complexity compared to full sorting.

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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:

  • 1≤1 \leq k ≤\leq nums.length ≤103\leq 10^3

  • −104≤-10^4 \leq ...