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lowest common ancestor

term in computer science
Thing computational_problem Q4312352

Facts

2 properties
Instance of
computational problem
Different from
most recent common ancestor[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en lowest common ancestor en nearest common ancestor en LCA en least common ancestor de LCA de letzter gemeinsamer Vorfahre es Ancestro Comun mas Bajo es Ancestro Común más Bajo fa پایین ترین جد مشترک fr plus petit ancêtre commun hu legközelebbi közös ős pl Najniższy wspólny przodek ru LCA ru Наименьший общий предок ru Самый низкий общий предок uk Найменший спільний предок zh 最近公共祖先
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID
lowestcommon
Freebase ID
/m/025vt67
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
160819766
Quora topic ID
Lowest-Common-Ancestor

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Different from 1
most recent common ancestor
Instance of 1
computational problem
← Computes solution to 1
Tarjan's off-line least common ancestors algorithm
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most recent common ancestor
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Summary

lowest common ancestor is a computational problem[1].

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