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The necessary domain is a finite, nonempty list: the datatype has no representation of an empty leaf sequence, and the supplied size-based balance condition does not specify an infinite-size construction.

build :: [a] -> Tree a
build []  = error "build: empty input"
build [x] = One x
build xs  = Two (build ys) (build zs)
  where
    (ys,zs) = split (length xs `div` 2) xs

For length $n\ge 2$, the two nonempty pieces have $\lfloor n/2\rfloor$ and $\lceil n/2\rceil$ elements. Their sizes differ by at most one, and both are shorter than the input. Induction therefore proves termination and the required leaf-balanced binary tree property at every node. The same induction, using ys ++ zs = xs, proves flatten (build xs) = xs. This straightforward implementation takes $O(n\log n)$ running time; computing the length repeatedly is acceptable here because no faster construction was requested.