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Kth Smallest Number in M Sorted Lists

Understand how to efficiently find the kth smallest element among multiple sorted lists by applying k-way merge algorithms. This lesson helps you grasp handling duplicates and edge cases such as empty lists and large k values to solve related coding interview problems.

Statement

Given a list, lists, containing mm sorted lists of integers in ascending order, and an integer k, find the kthk^{th} ...