# Posts published in “Tree”

You are given a perfect binary tree where all leaves are on the same level, and every parent has two children. The binary tree has the following definition:

Populate each next pointer to point to its next right node. If there is no next right node, the next pointer should be set to NULL.

Initially, all next pointers are set to NULL.

Example:

Input: {"$id":"1","left":{"$id":"2","left":{"$id":"3","left":null,"next":null,"right":null,"val":4},"next":null,"right":{"$id":"4","left":null,"next":null,"right":null,"val":5},"val":2},"next":null,"right":{"$id":"5","left":{"$id":"6","left":null,"next":null,"right":null,"val":6},"next":null,"right":{"$id":"7","left":null,"next":null,"right":null,"val":7},"val":3},"val":1} Output: {"$id":"1","left":{"$id":"2","left":{"$id":"3","left":null,"next":{"$id":"4","left":null,"next":{"$id":"5","left":null,"next":{"$id":"6","left":null,"next":null,"right":null,"val":7},"right":null,"val":6},"right":null,"val":5},"right":null,"val":4},"next":{"$id":"7","left":{"$ref":"5"},"next":null,"right":{"$ref":"6"},"val":3},"right":{"$ref":"4"},"val":2},"next":null,"right":{"$ref":"7"},"val":1}

Explanation: Given the above perfect binary tree (Figure A), your function should populate each next pointer to point to its next right node, just like in Figure B.


Note:

• You may only use constant extra space.
• Recursive approach is fine, implicit stack space does not count as extra space for this problem.

## Solution: Recursion

Do a preorder traversal:
1. return if self is empty or leaf
2. self.left->next = self.right
3. if self.next: self.right.next = self.next.left

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(log(n)) since it’s a perfect tree

## C++

Given a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes’ values. (ie, from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).

For example:
Given binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],

    3
/ \
9  20
/  \
15   7


return its zigzag level order traversal as:

[
[3],
[20,9],
[15,7]
]

## Solution 1: DFS

in order traversal using DFS and reverse the result of even levels.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(n)

## Solution 2: BFS

Expend/append in order for even levels and doing that in reverse order for odd levels.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(n)

## Related Problems

Given the root of a binary tree, the level of its root is 1, the level of its children is 2, and so on.

Return the smallest level X such that the sum of all the values of nodes at level X is maximal.

Example 1:

Input: [1,7,0,7,-8,null,null]
Output: 2
Explanation:
Level 1 sum = 1.
Level 2 sum = 7 + 0 = 7.
Level 3 sum = 7 + -8 = -1.
So we return the level with the maximum sum which is level 2.


Note:

1. The number of nodes in the given tree is between 1 and 10^4.
2. -10^5 <= node.val <= 10^5

## Solution: HashTable

Use a hash table / array to store the level sum.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(h)

## C++

Given the root of a binary tree, each node in the tree has a distinct value.

After deleting all nodes with a value in to_delete, we are left with a forest (a disjoint union of trees).

Return the roots of the trees in the remaining forest.  You may return the result in any order.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7], to_delete = [3,5]
Output: [[1,2,null,4],[6],[7]]


Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the given tree is at most 1000.
• Each node has a distinct value between 1 and 1000.
• to_delete.length <= 1000
• to_delete contains distinct values between 1 and 1000.

## Solution: Recursion / Post-order traversal

Recursively delete nodes on left subtree and right subtree and return the trimmed tree.
if the current node needs to be deleted, then its non-null children will be added to output array.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(|d| + h)

## Python3

Two players play a turn based game on a binary tree.  We are given the root of this binary tree, and the number of nodes n in the tree.  n is odd, and each node has a distinct value from 1 to n.

Initially, the first player names a value x with 1 <= x <= n, and the second player names a value y with 1 <= y <= n and y != x.  The first player colors the node with value x red, and the second player colors the node with value yblue.

Then, the players take turns starting with the first player.  In each turn, that player chooses a node of their color (red if player 1, blue if player 2) and colors an uncolored neighbor of the chosen node (either the left child, right child, or parent of the chosen node.)

If (and only if) a player cannot choose such a node in this way, they must pass their turn.  If both players pass their turn, the game ends, and the winner is the player that colored more nodes.

You are the second player.  If it is possible to choose such a y to ensure you win the game, return true.  If it is not possible, return false.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11], n = 11, x = 3
Output: true
Explanation: The second player can choose the node with value 2.

Constraints:

• root is the root of a binary tree with n nodes and distinct node values from 1 to n.
• n is odd.
• 1 <= x <= n <= 100

Solution: Count size of red’s subtrees

There are two situations that blue can win.
1. one of the red’s subtree has more than n>>1 nodes. Blue colorize the root of the larger subtree.
2. red and its children has size less or equal to n>>1. Blue colorize red’s parent.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(h)

## C++

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