// needs dfs in- and out- time and lca function vector in, out; void virtualTree(vector ind) { // indices of used nodes sort(all(ind), [&](int x, int y) {return in[x] < in[y];}); for (int i = 0, n = sz(ind); i < n - 1; i++) { ind.push_back(lca(ind[i], ind[i + 1])); } sort(all(ind), [&](int x, int y) {return in[x] < in[y];}); ind.erase(unique(all(ind)), ind.end()); int n = ind.size(); vector> tree(n); vector st = {0}; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { while (in[ind[i]] >= out[ind[st.back()]]) st.pop_back(); tree[st.back()].push_back(i); st.push_back(i); } // virtual directed tree with n nodes, original indices in ind // weights can be calculated, e.g. with binary lifting }