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Problem: Median of Two Sorted Arrays

Explore how to find the median of two sorted arrays without merging them by using a binary search method on the smaller array. Understand how to partition arrays correctly to achieve an optimal O(log(min(m,n))) time complexity and apply this approach to improve searching algorithm solutions.

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Statement

You are given two sorted arrays, nums1 of size m and nums2 of size n. Your task is to find and return the median of the combined elements from both arrays.

Note: The expected overall runtime complexity of your solution should be O(log⁡(m+n))O(\log(m + n)).

Constraints:

  • nums1.length $== $ m

  • nums2.length $== $ n

  • 0≤0 \leq m ≤1000\leq 1000

  • 0≤0 \leq n ≤1000\leq 1000

  • 1≤1 \leq m ++ n ≤2000\leq 2000 ...