题目:
给定一个二叉搜索树, 找到该树中两个指定节点的最近公共祖先。
百度百科中最近公共祖先的定义为:“对于有根树 T 的两个结点 p、q,最近公共祖先表示为一个结点 x,满足 x 是 p、q 的祖先且 x 的深度尽可能大(一个节点也可以是它自己的祖先)。”
例如,给定如下二叉搜索树: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5]
思路:
可利用二叉搜索树的特性进行求解
解答:
方法一:递归
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution:
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root: 'TreeNode', p: 'TreeNode', q: 'TreeNode') -> 'TreeNode':
if root.val>p.val and root.val>q.val:
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.left,p,q)
if root.val<p.val and root.val<q.val:
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.right,p,q)
return root
方法二:迭代
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution:
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root: 'TreeNode', p: 'TreeNode', q: 'TreeNode') -> 'TreeNode':
while root:
if root.val>p.val and root.val>q.val:
root=root.left
elif root.val<p.val and root.val<q.val:
root=root.right
else:
return root