Find Peak Element
Implement a function that returns the index of any peak element in an integer array.
Merge Sort
Implement merge_sort(numbers) that returns a sorted copy of the input list using the merge sort algorithm.
Online Stock Span
Implement StockSpanner.next(price) that returns the maximum number of consecutive days (including today) with price <= current price.
Top N per group
Implement top_n_per_group that returns the top N scores for each group from a list of (group, score) pairs.
Level Order Traversal
Implement a function that performs a level order traversal of a binary tree and returns node values as a list of lists.
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