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Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.

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According to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: “The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes p and q as the lowest node in T that has both p and q as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”

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Example 1:

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\nInput: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 8\nOutput: 6\nExplanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 8 is 6.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 4\nOutput: 2\nExplanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 4 is 2, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: root = [2,1], p = 2, q = 1\nOutput: 2\n
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