Breadth-First Search pattern

Level Order Sum

Given the root of a binary tree where the root is level 1 and each level below increments by one, return the smallest level number whose nodes have the largest sum of values. Watch it run step by step, then write your own pseudocode and get it checked by AI.

  • LeetCode 1161
  • Medium
  • 1 approach

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Breadth-First SearchLeetCode 1161

Medium

The approach

  1. 01 BFS by level O(n)O(width) space
Played step by step, with its time and space.

What you will learn

  • How to read Level Order Sum and spot the breadth-first search pattern in it
  • BFS by level: O(n) time, O(width) space
  • The pseudocode for each approach, its line lit as the animation runs
  • Practice: write your own pseudocode and get it checked

More Breadth-First Search

See Level Order Sum run, step by step

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