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AVL Tree

First self-balancing binary search tree invented in 1962 by Adelson-Velsky and Landis. Maintains height balance through rotations, guaranteeing O(log n) operations. Stricter balancing than red-black trees makes it ideal for lookup-heavy applications like databases and file systems.

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Complexity Analysis

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O(log n)

Expected case performance

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O(n)

Memory requirements

Time (Best)

O(log n)

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O(log n)

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📚 CLRS Reference

Introduction to Algorithms•Chapter 13•Section Notes

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Watch rotations maintain balance!

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Rotation Types

• LL: Right rotation (left-heavy)
• RR: Left rotation (right-heavy)
• LR: Left-Right rotation
• RL: Right-Left rotation
• Balance factor: height(left) - height(right)
• O(log n) for insert, delete, search

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Trie (Prefix Tree)

Intermediate

Tree-based data structure that stores strings efficiently by sharing common prefixes. Each path from root to leaf represents a word or key. Excels at autocomplete, spell checking, IP routing tables, and dictionary implementations with O(m) operations where m is key length.

O(m)

O(ALPHABET_SIZE × N × M)

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Lowest Common Ancestor (LCA)

Intermediate

Finds the deepest node that is an ancestor of two given nodes in a tree. Fundamental operation in tree queries with applications in computational biology (species evolution), network routing, and version control systems. Various algorithms offer different time-space tradeoffs.

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