MAX-HEAP: Every parent node >= both its children. → Root contains the MAXIMUM element. MIN-HEAP: Every parent node <= both its children. → Root contains the MINIMUM element. (For Heap Sort, we ...

First of all, what does a binary heap have to do with a binary tree? Why do people always draw binary trees as binary heap? Because a binary heap is a special kind of binary tree (complete binary tree ...

Day 61 & Day 62 / 100 Kth Largest Element in an Array (Day 61) Used a min-heap (PriorityQueue) of size k to keep track of the k largest elements. Approach Create a min-heap. Insert elements one by one ...

Heap Sort Heap sort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm that uses a binary heap data structure. It is based on the idea of repeatedly removing the largest (or smallest) element from a heap. 🧠 ...