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Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the tree.
According to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: “The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes v and w as the lowest node in T that has both v and w as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”
_______3______ / ___5__ ___1__ / \ / 6 _2 0 8 / 7 4
For example, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 5
and 1
is 3
.
Another example is LCA of nodes 5
and 4
is 5
,
since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
1)很显然,如果每个节点有parent指针的话,一直向上找就可以找到,很方便。但是此题显然没有
2)第二种也是比较好想的,如下:
i) 如果p,q都在root的左子树,则继续在左子树上找。
ii)如果p,q都在root的右子树,则继续在右子树上找。
iii)否则,当前root就是所求,返回。
此时需要另外一个辅助方法来判断一个节点是否为另一个节点子树中的节点。
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) { if (covers(root.left, p) && covers(root.right, q)) return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q); if (covers(root.right, p) && covers(root.right, q)) return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q); return root; } private boolean covers(TreeNode root, TreeNode p) { if (root == p) return true; if (root == null) return false; return covers(root.left, p) || covers(root.right, p); }
3)另外一个思路,先保存从root到p或q节点的路径,然后在比较两个链表,此时,需要一个辅助方法,查找从root到p,q的路径
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor1(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) { List<TreeNode> listp = getNodePath1(root, p); List<TreeNode> listq = getNodePath1(root, q); for (int i = 0; i < listp.size() && i < listq.size(); i++) { if (listp.get(i) != listq.get(i)) { return listp.get(i-1); } } return null; } public List<TreeNode> getNodePath1(TreeNode root, TreeNode p) { List<TreeNode> list = new ArrayList<TreeNode>(); if (p == null || !covers(root, p)) return list; while (root != p) { list.add(root); if (covers(root.left, p)) root = root.left; else if (covers(root.right, p)) root = root.right; } list.add(p); return list; } private boolean covers(TreeNode root, TreeNode p) { if (root == p) return true; if (root == null) return false; return covers(root.left, p) || covers(root.right, p); }
所以现在的优化目标就是能不能不重复访问的情况下,把2和3进行优化。现在可以先看之前的一道题,判断一个树是否为平衡二叉树,http://blog.csdn.net/my_jobs/article/details/47663845。可以看最后的总结,不在对树的遍历由上而下,而是由下而上,而此时只需要加一个标志位或者加个返回值。
所以对2)3)的优化就有了。
4)先看对3)的优化:
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor2(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) { List<TreeNode> listp = new ArrayList<TreeNode>(); List<TreeNode> listq = new ArrayList<TreeNode>(); getNodePath2(listp, root, p); getNodePath2(listq, root, q); int i = listp.size()-1; int j = listq.size()-1; while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) { if (listp.get(i) != listq.get(j)) return listp.get(i+1); i--; j--; } return i+1 >= 0 ? listp.get(i+1) : j+1 >= 0 ? listq.get(j+1) : null; } public boolean getNodePath2(List<TreeNode> list, TreeNode root, TreeNode p) { if (root == null) return false; if (root == p) { list.add(root); return true; } if (getNodePath2(list, root.left, p)) { list.add(root); return true; } if (getNodePath2(list, root.right, p)) { list.add(root); return true; } return false; }最后AC,此题的优化方案是当找到此节点的时候,就返回true,递归调用的上层肯定返回结果判断left,right是否在此条路径上。
5)再看对2)的优化
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor3(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) { if (root == null || root == p || root == q) return root; TreeNode left = lowestCommonAncestor1(root.left, p, q); TreeNode right = lowestCommonAncestor1(root.right, p, q); return left != null ? right != null ? root : left : right; }
根据上面这两种优化方案和判断一颗树是否为平衡二叉树 这三种方式,就可以看出树的这类问题的优化策略:由上向下改为由下向上!!!
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LeetCode-Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree 深度解析
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