Interval List Intersections

Explore how to solve interval list intersection problems by understanding the core logic of overlapping closed intervals. Learn to identify intersections between two sorted, disjoint interval lists and implement solutions effectively in a coding environment.

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Given two lists of closed intervalsA closed interval [start, end] (with start <= end) includes all real numbers x such that start <= x <= end., intervalLista and intervalListb, return the intersection of the two interval lists.

Each interval in the lists has its own start and end time and is represented as [start, end]. Specifically:

intervalLista[i] = [start_i, end_i]
intervalListb[j] = [start_j, end_j]

The intersection of two closed intervals i and j is either:

An empty set, if they do not overlap, or
A closed interval [max(start_i, start_j), min(end_i, end_j)] if they do overlap.

Also, each list of intervals is pairwise disjoint and in sorted order.

Constraints:

$0 \leq$ ...