Solution: Kth Smallest Number in Multiplication Table
Explore how to determine the kth smallest element in a multiplication table by leveraging the table's ordered structure and applying a binary search approach. Understand how to count numbers less than or equal to a given value in each row and use this to narrow down the search efficiently, avoiding the need to build the entire table.
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Statement
You are given a multiplication table of size mn, where each element at position mat[i][j] is calculated as
Your task is to find the m, n, and k values.
Constraints:
m,nkmn
Solution
We need to find the