Find intersection of two Linked Lists - O(A + B) Time Complexity and O(1) Space Complexity

Problem:
Two linked lists list1 and list2 are joined a particular node, called the point of intersection of the linked lists. Find the point of intersection, i.e. the first node after which both lists have same nodes. Desired order is O(A + B) Time Complexity and O(1) Space Complexity

Solution:
1: Find length of list1 – use a tmp1 node starting from head of list1 and move till last node.
2: Find length of list2 - use a tmp2 node starting from head of list2 and move till last node.
3: If tmp1 and tmp2 are different, it means that linked lists are non-intersecting. Return null.Example: list1: 1-2-3-4 , list2: 5-6-7-8, last nodes are separate.
4: Else set variables diff, tmp1 and tmp2 as:
tmp1 (a list node) to head node of larger list.
tmp2 (a list node) to head node of smaller list.
diff (an integer) to difference of lengths of larger to smaller lists i.e. absolute difference of the lengths.
5: Move forward tmp1 by diff number of nodes.
6: Now lists starting from tmp1 and tmp2 have same number of nodes and intersect at a particular node. Therefore, both tmp1 and tmp2 are equidistant from the intersection node.
7: Starting from tmp1 and tmp2 simultaneously, move node by node till a common node is reached. This node is the intersection of the 2 lists.

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