Kth Smallest Element in a BST
<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary search tree, and an integer <code>k</code>, return <em>the</em> <code>k<sup>th</sup></code> <em>smallest value (<strong>1-indexed</strong>) of all the values of the nodes in the tree</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [3,1,4,null,2], k = 1
<strong>Output:</strong> 1
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,null,1], k = 3
<strong>Output:</strong> 3
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

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	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is <code>n</code>.</li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= n &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>0 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
</ul>

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<p><strong>Follow up:</strong> If the BST is modified often (i.e., we can do insert and delete operations) and you need to find the kth smallest frequently, how would you optimize?</p>
Tree; Depth-First Search; Binary Search Tree; Binary Tree
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */
func kthSmallest(root *TreeNode, k int) int {
	stk := []*TreeNode{}
	for root != nil || len(stk) > 0 {
		if root != nil {
			stk = append(stk, root)
			root = root.Left
		} else {
			root = stk[len(stk)-1]
			stk = stk[:len(stk)-1]
			k--
			if k == 0 {
				return root.Val
			}
			root = root.Right
		}
	}
	return 0
}