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Start LearningWhen dealing with large trees, performing path queries (like finding the maximum value on a path between two nodes) or path updates can be slow. A naive approach takes $O(N)$, and while Segment Trees work for arrays, the…
While Heavy-Light Decomposition (HLD) is excellent for static trees, it struggles with dynamic trees where edges are frequently added or removed. Link-Cut Trees (LCT) are the solution to this problem, allowing us to main…
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