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ProblemsMaximal Square

Maximal Square

Medium
Dynamic Programming

Given an m x n binary matrix filled with 0's and 1's, find the largest square containing only 1's and return its area.

 

Example 1:

Input: matrix = [["1","0","1","0","0"],["1","0","1","1","1"],["1","1","1","1","1"],["1","0","0","1","0"]]
Output: 4

Example 2:

Input: matrix = [["0","1"],["1","0"]]
Output: 1

Example 3:

Input: matrix = [["0"]]
Output: 0

 

Constraints:

  • m == matrix.length
  • n == matrix[i].length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 300
  • matrix[i][j] is '0' or '1'.

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Input:
matrix = [[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;0&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;]]