diff --git a/contains-duplicate/seungyeonchoi.java b/contains-duplicate/seungyeonchoi.java
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+class Solution {
+    public boolean containsDuplicate(int[] nums) {
+        Set<Integer> duplicates = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i=0; i<nums.length;i++) {
+            // duplicates.add(nums[i]);
+            // if (duplicates.size() != i+1) {
+            //     return true;
+            // }
+            if (!duplicates.add(nums[i])) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    complexity
+    - time: O(n) using a for loop
+    - space: O(n) declaring a set
+    */
+
+}
diff --git a/top-k-frequent-elements/seungyeonchoi.java b/top-k-frequent-elements/seungyeonchoi.java
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+class Solution {
+    public int[] topKFrequent(int[] nums, int k) {
+        /*
+        Approach 1
+        1. using map, key -> num, value -> count
+        2. sort
+        */
+
+        Map<Integer, Integer> count = new HashMap<>();
+        for (int num: nums) { // O(n)
+            count.put(num, count.getOrDefault(num,0)+1);
+        }
+
+        // return count.entrySet().stream()
+        //     .sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByValue(Comparator.reverseOrder()))
+        //     .map(Map.Entry::getKey)
+        //     .limit(k)
+        //     .mapToInt(Integer::intValue)
+        //     .toArray();
+        // /*
+        // Complexity
+        // - time: O(nlogn) // sort
+        // - space: O(n)   // declare map?
+        // */
+
+
+       /*
+        Approach 2
+        1. using map, key -> num, value -> count
+        2. Initialize a 2D dynamic array (buckets) and group numbers by their frequency
+        */
+        List<List<Integer>> buckets = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= nums.length; i++) {
+            buckets.add(new ArrayList<>());
+        }
+        for (int key: count.keySet()) {
+            buckets.get(count.get(key)).add(key);
+        }
+
+        int[] result = new int[k];
+        int idx = 0;
+        for (int i = buckets.size()-1;i>=0;i--) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < buckets.get(i).size(); j++) {
+                if (idx<k) {
+                    result[idx] = buckets.get(i).get(j);
+                    idx++;
+                } else {
+                    return result;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+        /**
+        Complexity
+        - time: O(n) -> o(n) + o(n) + o (n+1+ n) -> o(4n+1)
+        - space: O(n) -> dynamic 2d array (buckets)
+         */
+    }
+}