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Solution: Number of Distinct Islands

Explore how to identify and count the number of distinct islands in a binary matrix using depth-first search. Understand how to normalize island shapes by their relative coordinates and store them in hash maps. This lesson equips you to efficiently compare and track unique land formations in a grid, applying concepts essential for interview coding challenges involving graph traversal and hashing.

Statement

Given an m x n binary matrix where 11 represents land and 00 represents water. An island is a group of connected 1s1s ...