# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowest_common_ancestor # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth-first_search import queue def swap(a, b): a ^= b b ^= a a ^= b return a, b # creating sparse table which saves each nodes 2^i-th parent def creatSparse(max_node, parent): j = 1 while (1 << j) < max_node: for i in range(1, max_node + 1): parent[j][i] = parent[j - 1][parent[j - 1][i]] j += 1 return parent # returns lca of node u,v def LCA(u, v, level, parent): # u must be deeper in the tree than v if level[u] < level[v]: u, v = swap(u, v) # making depth of u same as depth of v for i in range(18, -1, -1): if level[u] - (1 << i) >= level[v]: u = parent[i][u] # at the same depth if u==v that mean lca is found if u == v: return u # moving both nodes upwards till lca in found for i in range(18, -1, -1): if parent[i][u] != 0 and parent[i][u] != parent[i][v]: u, v = parent[i][u], parent[i][v] # returning longest common ancestor of u,v return parent[0][u] # runs a breadth first search from root node of the tree # sets every nodes direct parent # parent of root node is set to 0 # calculates depth of each node from root node def bfs(level, parent, max_node, graph, root=1): level[root] = 0 q = queue.Queue(maxsize=max_node) q.put(root) while q.qsize() != 0: u = q.get() for v in graph[u]: if level[v] == -1: level[v] = level[u] + 1 q.put(v) parent[0][v] = u return level, parent def main(): max_node = 13 # initializing with 0 parent = [[0 for _ in range(max_node + 10)] for _ in range(20)] # initializing with -1 which means every node is unvisited level = [-1 for _ in range(max_node + 10)] graph = { 1: [2, 3, 4], 2: [5], 3: [6, 7], 4: [8], 5: [9, 10], 6: [11], 7: [], 8: [12, 13], 9: [], 10: [], 11: [], 12: [], 13: [], } level, parent = bfs(level, parent, max_node, graph, 1) parent = creatSparse(max_node, parent) print("LCA of node 1 and 3 is: ", LCA(1, 3, level, parent)) print("LCA of node 5 and 6 is: ", LCA(5, 6, level, parent)) print("LCA of node 7 and 11 is: ", LCA(7, 11, level, parent)) print("LCA of node 6 and 7 is: ", LCA(6, 7, level, parent)) print("LCA of node 4 and 12 is: ", LCA(4, 12, level, parent)) print("LCA of node 8 and 8 is: ", LCA(8, 8, level, parent)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()