Given a list of integers and a number k, return the k most frequently occurring elements. Elements with higher frequency come first. If multiple elements have the same frequency, order them by value in ascending order. Return an empty list for null or empty input, or when k is null or non-positive.

Examples:

Input: nums = [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3], k = 2 Output: [1, 2] Explanation: 1 appears 3 times, 2 appears 2 times - these are the top 2 Input: nums = [4, 4, 5, 5, 6], k = 1 Output: [4] Explanation: 4 and 5 both appear twice, 4 comes first due to lower value Input: nums = [1], k = 1 Output: [1]
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