<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, <em>determine if it is a valid binary search tree (BST)</em>.</p> <p>A <strong>valid BST</strong> is defined as follows:</p> <ul> <li>The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys <strong>less than</strong> the node's key.</li> <li>The right subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys <strong>greater than</strong> the node's key.</li> <li>Both the left and right subtrees must also be binary search trees.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p> <img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/12/01/tree1.jpg" style="width: 302px; height: 182px;" /> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> root = [2,1,3] <strong>Output:</strong> true </pre> <p><strong>Example 2:</strong></p> <img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/12/01/tree2.jpg" style="width: 422px; height: 292px;" /> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> root = [5,1,4,null,null,3,6] <strong>Output:</strong> false <strong>Explanation:</strong> The root node's value is 5 but its right child's value is 4. </pre> <p> </p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[1, 10<sup>4</sup>]</code>.</li> <li><code>-2<sup>31</sup> <= Node.val <= 2<sup>31</sup> - 1</code></li> </ul>