🌳 Binary Tree Guide

Binary Tree — Complete Interview Guide

Master binary trees with concepts, patterns, and interview-focused problems.

Core Topic DSA | Level Easy → Hard | Focus DFS + BFS
Concept Easy Binary Tree

What is a Binary Tree?

A binary tree is a hierarchical data structure where each node has at most two children: left and right.

Use Case: Search, Traversal
Core Easy

Key Characteristics

  • Node → contains value
  • Root → top node
  • Leaf → no children
  • Subtree → node + descendants
Types Medium

Types of Binary Trees

  • Full Binary Tree
  • Perfect Binary Tree
  • Complete Binary Tree
  • Balanced Tree
  • Binary Search Tree (BST)
Operations Medium

Operations

  • Insertion
  • Deletion
  • Traversal (DFS / BFS)
Usage Medium

Applications

Used in BSTs, heaps, compilers, expression trees, and search problems.

Traversal Important

DFS vs BFS

DFS explores depth using recursion/stack. BFS explores level by level using queue.

DFS: Stack/Recursion BFS: Queue
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Important Problems

  • Lowest Common Ancestor
  • Path Sum
  • Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum
  • Level Order Traversal

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