Solution: Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column
Explore how to solve the problem of removing the maximum number of stones from a grid by applying the Union Find pattern. Understand how to group stones sharing rows or columns into connected components, efficiently manage these groups, and calculate the number of stones that can be safely removed without violating the problem constraints.
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 ...