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Problem: Validate Binary Search Tree

Understand how to validate a binary search tree by ensuring each node adheres to strict key ordering rules. Learn a recursive method in C# that checks node values within boundary ranges and returns true if the tree meets BST properties. This lesson explains constraints, provides a clear solution approach, and analyzes time and space complexity.

Statement

Given the root of a binary tree, determine whether it is a valid binary search tree (BST).

A valid BST satisfies the following properties:

  • The left subtree of every node contains only nodes with keys strictly less than that node’s key.

  • The right subtree of every node contains only nodes with keys strictly greater than that node’s key.

  • Both the left and right subtrees must themselves be valid binary search trees.

Return true if the given binary tree is a valid BST, and false otherwise.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1,104][1, 10^4] ...