AVL tree rotations

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My tree's unbalanced, left side heavy as a brick
Height difference of three, that's when the structure gets sick
Binary search performance crashes when nodes lean too far
AVL rotation magic keeps everything on par

Check the balance factor, subtract the heights clean
Left minus right, keep it negative one to positive three
When violation strikes, four cases to decode
Single or double spins to fix the tilted code

[Chorus]
Left-left case, rotate right once and done
Right-right case, spin left until it's won
Left-right twist, left first then right around
Right-left flip, right first then left-ward bound

Balance factor math, heights minus heights
AVL rotations keep your search tree tight
Remember the cases, four patterns to know
Single and double spins make balanced trees grow

[Verse 2]
Insertion breaks the balance, deletion does it too
Trace back up the path, check each ancestor through
Left-left means grandparent tilts left, left child heavy left
Single right rotation puts the middle node blessed

Right-right mirror image, grandparent leans right side
Right child weighted right, single left rotation's the guide
Promote the middle value, demote the old root down
Subtrees follow physics, balanced heights all around

[Chorus]
Left-left case, rotate right once and done
Right-right case, spin left until it's won
Left-right twist, left first then right around
Right-left flip, right first then left-ward bound

Balance factor math, heights minus heights
AVL rotations keep your search tree tight
Remember the cases, four patterns to know
Single and double spins make balanced trees grow

[Bridge]
Double rotations when the zigzag appears
Left-right and right-left, two spins calm your fears
First rotation straightens out the inner bend
Second rotation finishes what the first began

Logarithmic search time, height stays controlled
AVL guarantees performance, worth more than gold
Update balance factors as you rotate the nodes
Self-balancing tree magic in algorithmic codes

[Outro]
Four rotation cases burned into your brain
Left-left, right-right, simple and plain
Left-right, right-left, double the work
AVL rotations keep your data structures perked

Balance restored, search efficiency high
AVL tree rotations, now you know why

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