Solution: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column
Explore the Union Find algorithm to solve the problem of removing the maximum number of stones that share a row or column. Understand how grouping stones into connected components optimizes the removal process, allowing you to calculate the maximum removable stones efficiently with nearly linear time complexity.
Statement
Given an array of stones in a two-dimensional plane, where each stone is represented by a pair of x and y coordinates, find the maximum number of stones we can remove with the following condition:
A stone can be removed if it shares either the same row or the same column with another stone that has not been removed so far.
Stones are provided as an array, stones, of length , where ...