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Solution: Smallest Range Covering Elements from K Lists

Understand how to determine the smallest range that includes at least one element from each of k sorted integer lists. Explore the use of a min heap and tracking techniques to efficiently maintain and update the current range while iterating through the lists.

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Statement

You are given kk sorted lists of integers, nums, where each list in nums is in non-decreasing order. Your task is to find the smallest range that contains at least one element from each of the kk lists.

A range [a,b][a,b] is considered smaller than another range [c,d][c,d] if b−a<d−cb−a<d−c, or a<ca < c if b−a==d−cb-a==d-c ...