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More on Complete Binary Trees

Understand the detailed properties and structure of complete binary trees, including node distribution and mathematical bounds. Learn the proper insertion rules that maintain completeness, focusing on level-by-level insertion and left subtree prioritization to prepare effectively for coding interviews.

Introduction

Here are some more detailed properties of complete binary trees.

  • All the levels are completely filled except possibly the last one
  • Nodes at the last level are as far left as possible
  • The total number of nodes, nn, in a complete binary tree of height “h” are: 2hnodes2h+112^h \leq nodes \leq 2^{h+1}-1. This is again based on the Geometric Series formula: 20+21+23+24+...+2r=2r+112^0+2^1+2^3+2^4+...+2^r = 2^{r+1}-1
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