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Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters

Explore how to find the longest path in a rooted tree where no two adjacent nodes share the same character. Understand the problem constraints and apply topological sorting techniques to solve dependency-based challenges in this coding interview pattern.

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You are given a rooted tree with nn nodes, numbered from 00 to n−1n - 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 ...