Problem: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

Medium

30 min

Explore how to apply Union Find to solve the problem of removing the maximum number of stones from a grid where stones can be removed if sharing a row or column. Understand the problem constraints, develop an approach to represent stones and connections, and implement an efficient solution to maximize removals.

Given an array of $n$ 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 $n$ , where $stones[i] = [x_i, y_i]$ represents the $i^{th}$ stone. Return the maximum possible number of stones that can be removed.

Constraints:

$1\leq$ stones.length $\leq 1000$
$0\leq x_i, y_i \leq50$

Problem: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

Medium

30 min

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 $n$ , where $stones[i] = [x_i, y_i]$ represents the $i^{th}$ stone. Return the maximum possible number of stones that can be removed.

Constraints:

$1\leq$ stones.length $\leq 1000$
$0\leq x_i, y_i \leq50$

Problem: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

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Problem: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

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Understand the problem

Figure it out!

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