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Problem: K Closest Points to Origin

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30 min
Understand how to identify the K points nearest to the origin on an X-Y plane by applying the top K elements pattern. This lesson guides you through calculating Euclidean distances and using heaps to efficiently select the closest points.

Statement

You are given an array of points where each element points[i] =[xi,yi]= [x_i, y_i] represents a point on the X-Y plane, along with an integer k. Your task is to find and return the k points that are closest to the origin [0,0][0, 0].

The distance between two points on the X-Y plane is measured using Euclidean distance, which is calculated as:

Note: You can return the result in any order. The answer is guaranteed to be unique, except for the order in which points appear.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq k \leq points.length 103\leq 10^3

  • 104xi,yi104-10^4 \leq x_i, y_i \leq 10^4

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Problem: K Closest Points to Origin

Medium
30 min
Understand how to identify the K points nearest to the origin on an X-Y plane by applying the top K elements pattern. This lesson guides you through calculating Euclidean distances and using heaps to efficiently select the closest points.

Statement

You are given an array of points where each element points[i] =[xi,yi]= [x_i, y_i] represents a point on the X-Y plane, along with an integer k. Your task is to find and return the k points that are closest to the origin [0,0][0, 0].

The distance between two points on the X-Y plane is measured using Euclidean distance, which is calculated as:

Note: You can return the result in any order. The answer is guaranteed to be unique, except for the order in which points appear.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq k \leq points.length 103\leq 10^3

  • 104xi,yi104-10^4 \leq x_i, y_i \leq 10^4