Reference:
http://blog.csdn.net/v_july_v/article/details/18312089
http://leetcode.com/2011/07/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree-part-ii.html
(1) Is the tree a BST or not?
BST的话,我们就能按照BST的定义思考了。当前遍历的node如果比我们要找的两个点都大,说明那两个点都在当前node的左边,所以这两个node的祖先肯定在当前node的左边,所以往左边找。反之,往右边找。如果这两个点一个大于当前node一个小于当前node,说明当前node就是LCA。 如果这两个点一个是另一个的祖先,那么这个点就是LCA。
代码如下:
1 public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
2 if(p.val < root.val && q.val < root.val)
3 return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
4 else if(p.val > root.val && q.val > root.val)
5 return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
6 else
7 return root;
2 if(p.val < root.val && q.val < root.val)
3 return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
4 else if(p.val > root.val && q.val > root.val)
5 return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
6 else
7 return root;
8 }
(2)那如果不是BST呢?一般Binary Tree.
a. Tree结构中没有parent域。
递归找。
代码如下:
1 //Worst case O(n)
2 Node getLCA(Node root, Node node1, Node node2){
3 if(root == null)
4 return null
5 if(root == node1 || root == node2)
6 return root;
7
8 Node left = getLCA(root.left, node1, node2);
9 Node right = getLCA(root.right, node1, node2);
10
11 if(left != null && right != null)
12 return root;
13 else if(left != null)
14 return left;
15 else if(right != null)
16 return right;
17 else
18 return null;
19 }
2 Node getLCA(Node root, Node node1, Node node2){
3 if(root == null)
4 return null
5 if(root == node1 || root == node2)
6 return root;
7
8 Node left = getLCA(root.left, node1, node2);
9 Node right = getLCA(root.right, node1, node2);
10
11 if(left != null && right != null)
12 return root;
13 else if(left != null)
14 return left;
15 else if(right != null)
16 return right;
17 else
18 return null;
19 }
b. 如果有parent域。
转化为两个linkedlist的交点问题。
代码如下:
1 int getHeight(Node p){
2 int height = 0;
3 while(p!=null){
4 height++;
5 p = p.parent;
6 }
7 return height;
8 }
9
10 void swap(int a, int b){
11 a = a + b;
12 b = a - b;
13 a = a - b;
14 }
15
16 Node getLCA(Node p, Node q){
17 int h1 = getHeight(p);
18 int h2 = getHeight(q);
19
20 //q is always deeper than p
21 if(h1 > h2){
22 swap(h1, h2);
23 swap(p, q);
24 }
25
26 int diff = h2 - h1;
27
28 for( int i = 0; i < diff; i++)
29 q = q.parent;
30
31 while(p!=null && q!=null){
32 //common node
33 if(p == q)
34 return p;
35 p = p.parent;
36 q = q.parent;
37 }
38
39 return NULL; //p and q are not in the same tree
40 }
2 int height = 0;
3 while(p!=null){
4 height++;
5 p = p.parent;
6 }
7 return height;
8 }
9
10 void swap(int a, int b){
11 a = a + b;
12 b = a - b;
13 a = a - b;
14 }
15
16 Node getLCA(Node p, Node q){
17 int h1 = getHeight(p);
18 int h2 = getHeight(q);
19
20 //q is always deeper than p
21 if(h1 > h2){
22 swap(h1, h2);
23 swap(p, q);
24 }
25
26 int diff = h2 - h1;
27
28 for( int i = 0; i < diff; i++)
29 q = q.parent;
30
31 while(p!=null && q!=null){
32 //common node
33 if(p == q)
34 return p;
35 p = p.parent;
36 q = q.parent;
37 }
38
39 return NULL; //p and q are not in the same tree
40 }