Solution: Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters
Explore how to apply topological sorting to solve the longest path problem in a rooted tree where no two adjacent nodes share the same character. Understand how to calculate in-degrees, process nodes in reverse order, and combine longest chains for efficient computation. This lesson enables you to implement a linear time algorithm for character-distinct paths in trees.
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Statement
You are given a rooted tree with parent of size parent[i] is the parent of node