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Solution: Least Number of Unique Integers after K Removals

Understand how to minimize the number of distinct integers remaining in an array after removing exactly k elements. Explore frequency mapping and the use of min heaps to systematically remove least frequent elements first, optimizing for time and space complexity. This lesson helps you implement an efficient approach to tackle similar problems with top k elements patterns.

Statement

You are given an integer array, arr, and an integer, k. Your task is to remove exactly k elements from the array so that the number of distinct integers remaining in the array is minimized. Determine the minimum possible count of unique integers after the removals.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq arr.length 103\leq 10^3

  • 11 \leq arr[i] 105\leq 10^5 ...