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Solution: Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters

Explore how to compute the longest path in a rooted tree where no two adjacent nodes share the same character. Understand the use of in-degree calculation, leaf node processing, and reverse topological order traversal to track and combine the longest chains from child nodes. This lesson teaches you to implement an efficient O(n) time and space solution to solve complex tree path problems with character constraints.

Statement

You are given a rooted tree with nn nodes, numbered from 00 to n1n - 1, where the tree is connected, undirected, and has no cycles. The tree is represented by a 0-indexed array parent of size nn, where parent[i] is the parent of node ...