ding to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes and w as the lowest node in T that has both v and w as escendants where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself)." 1 _2 74 0 8

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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)."
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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.
Transcribed Image Text: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)." / 6 1 2 1 0 1 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.
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