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235. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree

Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.

According to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: “The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes p and q as the lowest node in T that has both p and q as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”

Given binary search tree: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5]

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Example 1:

Input: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 8
Output: 6
Explanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 8 is 6.

Example 2:

Input: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 4
Output: 2
Explanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 4 is 2, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.

Note:

  • All of the nodes' values will be unique.

  • p and q are different and both values will exist in the BST.

思路分析

要充分利用二叉搜索树的特性:左大右小,如果根节点大于两个指定节点的值,那么公共祖先就在左子树上;如果根节点小于两个指定节点的值,那么公共祖先就在右子树上;否则就是他们的公共祖先节点。

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/**
 * 要充分利用二叉搜索树的特性
 *
 * @author D瓜哥 · https://www.diguage.com
 * @since 2024-06-24 18:21:20
 */
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
  TreeNode result = root;
  while (result != null) {
    if (p.val < result.val && q.val < result.val) {
      root = root.left;
    } else if (p.val > result.val && q.val > result.val) {
      result = result.right;
    } else {
      break;
    }
  }
  return result;
}
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/**
 * @author D瓜哥 · https://www.diguage.com
 * @since 2024-09-18 22:02:24
 */
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
  if ((p.val <= root.val && root.val <= q.val)
    || (q.val <= root.val && root.val <= p.val)) {
    return root;
  } else if (p.val <= root.val && q.val <= root.val) {
    return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
  } else {
    return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
  }
}

作为这道题的延伸,继续看 236. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree

参考资料

  1. 235. 二叉搜索树的最近公共祖先 - 官方题解

  2. 235. 二叉搜索树的最近公共祖先 - 深度优先搜索,清晰图解

  3. 235. 二叉搜索树的最近公共祖先 - 3种解决方式 — 根节点与两个节点的差值相乘,如果小于 0 则节点分布在左右子树上,当前根节点就是公共祖先节点。