578. Lowest Common Ancestor III [LintCode]

Given the root and two nodes in a Binary Tree. Find the lowest common ancestor(LCA) of the two nodes.

The lowest common ancestor is the node with largest depth which is the ancestor of both nodes.

Notice

node A or node B may not exist in tree.

Example

For the following binary tree:

  4
 / \
3   7
   / \
  5   6

LCA(3, 5) =4

LCA(5, 6) =7

LCA(6, 7) =7

solution2： 对于树的任意一个node，如果本身是p或者q的话，LCA只可能在该点的上面而不可能在下面。所以可以立刻返回该点而不用继续往下探寻。其次不存在p或者q的子树返回的一定是null。

// solution 1
/**
 * Definition of TreeNode:
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     public int val;
 *     public TreeNode left, right;
 *     public TreeNode(int val) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = this.right = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */

class ResultType {
    public boolean a_exist, b_exist;
    public TreeNode node;
    ResultType(boolean a, boolean b, TreeNode n) {
        a_exist = a;
        b_exist = b;
        node = n;
    }
}

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param root The root of the binary tree.
     * @param A and B two nodes
     * @return: Return the LCA of the two nodes.
     */
    public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor3(TreeNode root, TreeNode A, TreeNode B) {
        // write your code here
        ResultType rt = helper(root, A, B);
        if (rt.a_exist && rt.b_exist)
            return rt.node;
        else
            return null;
    }

    public ResultType helper(TreeNode root, TreeNode A, TreeNode B) {
        if (root == null)
            return new ResultType(false, false, null);

        ResultType left_rt = helper(root.left, A, B);
        ResultType right_rt = helper(root.right, A, B);

        boolean a_exist = left_rt.a_exist || right_rt.a_exist || root == A;
        boolean b_exist = left_rt.b_exist || right_rt.b_exist || root == B;

        if (root == A || root == B)
            return new ResultType(a_exist, b_exist, root);

        if (left_rt.node != null && right_rt.node != null)
            return new ResultType(a_exist, b_exist, root);
        if (left_rt.node != null)
            return new ResultType(a_exist, b_exist, left_rt.node);
        if (right_rt.node != null)
            return new ResultType(a_exist, b_exist, right_rt.node);

        return new ResultType(a_exist, b_exist, null);
    }
}

// solution 2
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
        if (root == null || root == p || root == q) {
            return root;
        } 
        TreeNode left = lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
        TreeNode right = lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
        if (left != null && right != null) {
            return root;
        }
        if (left != null) {
            return left;
        }
        return right;
    }
}

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
        if (root == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (p.val < root.val && q.val < root.val) {
            return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
        }
        if (p.val > root.val && q.val > root.val) {
            return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
        }
        return root;
    }
}