Dynamic Memory in MergeSort

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I was reading an implementation of mergesort on geeks for geeks: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/merge-sort/

My question is why we need dynamic allocation for leftArray and rightArray.

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void merge(int array[], int const left, int const mid,
           int const right)
{
    int const subArrayOne = mid - left + 1;
    int const subArrayTwo = right - mid;
 
    // Create temp arrays
    auto *leftArray = new int[subArrayOne],
         *rightArray = new int[subArrayTwo];
 
    // Copy data to temp arrays leftArray[] and rightArray[]
    for (auto i = 0; i < subArrayOne; i++)
        leftArray[i] = array[left + i];
    for (auto j = 0; j < subArrayTwo; j++)
        rightArray[j] = array[mid + 1 + j];
 
    auto indexOfSubArrayOne = 0, indexOfSubArrayTwo = 0;
    int indexOfMergedArray = left;
 
    // Merge the temp arrays back into array[left..right]
    while (indexOfSubArrayOne < subArrayOne
           && indexOfSubArrayTwo < subArrayTwo) {
        if (leftArray[indexOfSubArrayOne]
            <= rightArray[indexOfSubArrayTwo]) {
            array[indexOfMergedArray]
                = leftArray[indexOfSubArrayOne];
            indexOfSubArrayOne++;
        }
        else {
            array[indexOfMergedArray]
                = rightArray[indexOfSubArrayTwo];
            indexOfSubArrayTwo++;
        }
        indexOfMergedArray++;
    }
 
    // Copy the remaining elements of
    // left[], if there are any
    while (indexOfSubArrayOne < subArrayOne) {
        array[indexOfMergedArray]
            = leftArray[indexOfSubArrayOne];
        indexOfSubArrayOne++;
        indexOfMergedArray++;
    }
 
    // Copy the remaining elements of
    // right[], if there are any
    while (indexOfSubArrayTwo < subArrayTwo) {
        array[indexOfMergedArray]
            = rightArray[indexOfSubArrayTwo];
        indexOfSubArrayTwo++;
        indexOfMergedArray++;
    }
    delete[] leftArray;
    delete[] rightArray;
}

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Can anyone explain why leftArray and rightArray need dynamic memory here?