LeetCode 1183, Hard. Topics: Math, Greedy, Sorting, Heap (Priority Queue). View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Consider a matrix M with dimensions width * height, such that every cell has value 0 or 1, and any square sub-matrix of M of size sideLength * sideLength has at most maxOnes ones.
Return the maximum possible number of ones that the matrix M can have.
Examples
Explanation:
In a 33 matrix, no 22 sub-matrix can have more than 1 one.
The best solution that has 4 ones is:
[1,0,1]
[0,0,0]
[1,0,1]
Explanation:
[1,0,1]
[1,0,1]
[1,0,1]
Constraints
- 1 <= width, height <= 100
- 1 <= sideLength <= width, height
- 0 <= maxOnes <= sideLength * sideLength
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
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