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12. Find Minimum & Maximum in BST

Traverses leftmost chain to find minimum value, and rightmost chain to find maximum value.

Time O(h) Space O(1)
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Goldman SachsAdobeSalesforce

Reference implementation (Python)

def find_min(root):
    curr = root
    while curr.left:
        curr = curr.left
    return curr.val

def find_max(root):
    curr = root
    while curr.right:
        curr = curr.right
    return curr.val

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12. Find Minimum & Maximum in BST runs in O(h) time and O(1) auxiliary space.

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Each array value becomes a 3D pillar whose height maps to its value. Comparisons glow amber, swaps flash red, and settled elements lock green while a floating pointer badge tracks the active index — synchronized line-by-line with the Python code.

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