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Problem: Min Stack

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Explore how to implement a custom Min Stack that allows push and pop operations while retrieving the minimum element in O(1) time. Understand key techniques to maintain constant time complexity for each method and solve related coding interview challenges efficiently.

Statement

Design a custom stack class, Min Stack, allowing us to push, pop, and retrieve the minimum value in constant time. Implement the following methods for Min Stack:

  • Constructor: This initializes the Min Stack object.

  • Pop(): This removes and returns from the stack the value that was most recently pushed onto it.

  • Push(): This pushes the provided value onto the stack.

  • Min Number(): This returns the minimum value in the stack in O(1)O(1) time.

Note: The time complexity of all the methods above should be O(1)O(1).

Constraints:

  • 104-10^{4} \leq value 104\leq 10^{4}

  • The Pop() and Min Number() methods will always be called on non-empty stacks.

  • At most, 10310^3 calls will be made to Push(), Pop(), and Min Number().

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Problem: Min Stack

Medium
30 min
Explore how to implement a custom Min Stack that allows push and pop operations while retrieving the minimum element in O(1) time. Understand key techniques to maintain constant time complexity for each method and solve related coding interview challenges efficiently.

Statement

Design a custom stack class, Min Stack, allowing us to push, pop, and retrieve the minimum value in constant time. Implement the following methods for Min Stack:

  • Constructor: This initializes the Min Stack object.

  • Pop(): This removes and returns from the stack the value that was most recently pushed onto it.

  • Push(): This pushes the provided value onto the stack.

  • Min Number(): This returns the minimum value in the stack in O(1)O(1) time.

Note: The time complexity of all the methods above should be O(1)O(1).

Constraints:

  • 104-10^{4} \leq value 104\leq 10^{4}

  • The Pop() and Min Number() methods will always be called on non-empty stacks.

  • At most, 10310^3 calls will be made to Push(), Pop(), and Min Number().