LC 96

Unique Binary Search Trees

Medium · LC 1–100

binary-search-treebinary-treedynamic-programmingmathtree
Free

Candidate solution routes

Primary

Tree dynamic programming

Free

Invariant: dfs(u,parent) returns the exact optimum for every boundary mode of u's subtree. Distinct child subtrees interact only through u and can therefore be folded independently.

candidate confidence: 0.675 · metadata_only

Alternate 1

BST ordering / inorder traversal

Free

Invariant: At node entry, (low,high) is the intersection of all ancestor constraints; a legal value lies inside it. In inorder form, every visited value is greater than the previous one.

candidate confidence: 0.740 · metadata_only

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