docs(docs): add MDX page for “230. Kth Smallest Element in a BST”

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title: '230. Kth Smallest Element in a BST'
description: Given the root of a binary search tree, and an integer k, return the k^th smallest value (1-indexed) of all the values of the nodes in the tree
sidebar:
label: 'Kth Smallest Element in a BST'
badge: 'Medium'
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<Badge variant="accent">Binary Search Tree</Badge>
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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?
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### Example 1:
- Input: `root = [3,1,4,null,2], k = 1`
- Output: `1`
### Example 2:
- Input: `root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,null,1], k = 3`
- Output: `3`
### Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the tree is n.
- `1 <= k <= n <= 10^4`
- `0 <= Node.val <= 10^4`
## Solution
```py
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
# def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
# self.val = val
# self.left = left
# self.right = right
class Solution:
def kthSmallest(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], k: int) -> int:
n = 0
stack = []
cur = root
while cur or stack:
while cur:
stack.append(cur)
cur = cur.left
cur = stack.pop()
n += 1
if n == k:
return cur.val
cur = cur.right
```