Heap Stories
17 stories from the epics
Kth Smallest Element
Mahabharata — The Ranking Test — Finding the kth Least Powerful Warrior · Easy
Last Stone Weight
Mahabharata — The Final Combat — When the Heaviest Stones Clash Until One Remains · Easy
CPU Task Scheduler
Mahabharata — Drona's Battle Plan — Scheduling Warrior Tasks with Mandatory Rest Periods · Medium
Reorganize String
Mahabharata — The Alternating Formation — Arrange Warriors So No Two Identical Are Adjacent · Medium
Min Number of Refueling Stops
Ramayana — Hanuman's Flight — Reach Lanka with the Fewest Refueling Stops · Hard
IPO
Mahabharata — Arjuna's Investment Strategy — Choose k Projects to Maximize Capital · Hard
Course Schedule III
Mahabharata — Dronacharya's Curriculum — Take as Many Courses as Possible Before Deadlines · Hard
Find Median from Data Stream
Mahabharata — The Living Balance — Maintaining the Median as Warriors Keep Arriving · Hard
Sliding Window Median
Mahabharata — The Moving Balance — Median of a Sliding Window as the View Shifts · Hard
Kth Largest Element
Mahabharata — The Elite Selection — Finding the kth Most Powerful Warrior · Medium
Top K Frequent Elements
Mahabharata — The Most Celebrated Warriors — Finding the k Most Frequently Mentioned Names · Medium
Top K Frequent Words
Mahabharata — The Sacred Lexicon — Finding k Most Spoken Words in the Epic · Medium
K Closest Points to Origin
Ramayana — Lanka's Sentinels — The k Warriors Nearest to Ravana's Throne · Medium
Find K Closest Elements
Ramayana — The Ring of Allies — k Warriors Closest in Strength to Rama · Medium
Kth Weakest Row in Matrix
Mahabharata — The Vulnerable Flanks — Finding the k Least Defended Rows · Easy
Merge K Sorted Arrays
Mahabharata — The Grand Unification — Merging k Armies into One Sorted Formation · Medium
Kth Smallest in Sorted Matrix (Heap)
Mahabharata — The kth Rank — A Heap-Based Search Through the Grid · Medium