#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
class MinimalBST {
    int build(const vector<int> &vals, int left, int right){
        if(left > right) return 0;
        int root_ind = left + (right - left) /2;
        int left_h = build(vals, left, root_ind-1);
        int right_h = build(vals, root_ind+1, right);
        return 1+ max(left_h, right_h );
    }
public:
    int buildMinimalBST(vector<int> vals) {
        // write code here
        return build(vals, 0, vals.size() -1);
    }
};