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Solution: The Number of the Smallest Unoccupied Chair

Explore how to apply min heap data structures to solve the problem of assigning the smallest available chair to arriving friends at a party. Understand sorting techniques, heap initialization, chair assignment logic, and the efficient management of occupied and available chairs to return the correct chair number for a target friend.

Statement

At a party, nn friends, numbered from 00 to n1n - 1, arrive and leave at different times. There are infinitely many chairs, numbered 00 onwards. Each arriving friend sits on the smallest available chair at that moment.

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