<p>Given an integer array <code>nums</code> where the elements are sorted in <strong>ascending order</strong>, convert <em>it to a </em><span data-keyword="height-balanced"><strong><em>height-balanced</em></strong></span> <em>binary search tree</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/18/btree1.jpg" style="width: 302px; height: 222px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [-10,-3,0,5,9]
<strong>Output:</strong> [0,-3,9,-10,null,5]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> [0,-10,5,null,-3,null,9] is also accepted:
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/18/btree2.jpg" style="width: 302px; height: 222px;" />
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/18/btree.jpg" style="width: 342px; height: 142px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [1,3]
<strong>Output:</strong> [3,1]
<strong>Explanation:</strong> [1,null,3] and [3,1] are both height-balanced BSTs.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= nums.length &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>-10<sup>4</sup> &lt;= nums[i] &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>nums</code> is sorted in a <strong>strictly increasing</strong> order.</li>
</ul>

# 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 sortedArrayToBST(self, nums: List[int]) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        
        if len(nums) == 0:
            return

        mid = len(nums)//2
        root = TreeNode(nums[mid])
        root.left = self.sortedArrayToBST(nums[:mid])
        root.right = self.sortedArrayToBST(nums[mid+1:])

        return root
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