563. Binary Tree Tilt

Description

Given the root of a binary tree, return the sum of every tree node's tilt.

The tilt of a tree node is the absolute difference between the sum of all left subtree node values and all right subtree node values. If a node does not have a left child, then the sum of the left subtree node values is treated as 0. The rule is similar if the node does not have a right child.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3]
Output: 1
Explanation: 
Tilt of node 2 : |0-0| = 0 (no children)
Tilt of node 3 : |0-0| = 0 (no children)
Tilt of node 1 : |2-3| = 1 (left subtree is just left child, so sum is 2; right subtree is just right child, so sum is 3)
Sum of every tilt : 0 + 0 + 1 = 1

Example 2:

Input: root = [4,2,9,3,5,null,7]
Output: 15
Explanation: 
Tilt of node 3 : |0-0| = 0 (no children)
Tilt of node 5 : |0-0| = 0 (no children)
Tilt of node 7 : |0-0| = 0 (no children)
Tilt of node 2 : |3-5| = 2 (left subtree is just left child, so sum is 3; right subtree is just right child, so sum is 5)
Tilt of node 9 : |0-7| = 7 (no left child, so sum is 0; right subtree is just right child, so sum is 7)
Tilt of node 4 : |(3+5+2)-(9+7)| = |10-16| = 6 (left subtree values are 3, 5, and 2, which sums to 10; right subtree values are 9 and 7, which sums to 16)
Sum of every tilt : 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 7 + 6 = 15

Example 3:

Input: root = [21,7,14,1,1,2,2,3,3]
Output: 9

Constraints:

The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 10⁴].
-1000 <= Node.val <= 1000

Solutions

Solution 1: Recursion

We design a function $\text{dfs}$ to calculate the sum of nodes in the subtree rooted at the current node. In the $\text{dfs}$ function, we first check if the current node is null. If it is, we return 0. Then we recursively call the $\text{dfs}$ function to calculate the sum of nodes in the left subtree $l$ and the sum of nodes in the right subtree $r$. Next, we calculate the tilt of the current node, which is $|l - r|$, and add it to the answer. Finally, we return the sum of nodes of the current node, which is $l + r + \textit{root.val}$.

In the main function, we initialize the answer to 0, then call the $\text{dfs}$ function to calculate the tilt of the entire tree and return the answer.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, and the space complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the number of nodes.

Python3JavaC++GoTypeScript

# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def findTilt(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
        def dfs(root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
            if root is None:
                return 0
            l, r = dfs(root.left), dfs(root.right)
            nonlocal ans
            ans += abs(l - r)
            return l + r + root.val

        ans = 0
        dfs(root)
        return ans

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    private int ans;

    public int findTilt(TreeNode root) {
        dfs(root);
        return ans;
    }

    private int dfs(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        int l = dfs(root.left), r = dfs(root.right);
        ans += Math.abs(l - r);
        return l + r + root.val;
    }
}

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    int findTilt(TreeNode* root) {
        int ans = 0;
        auto dfs = [&](this auto&& dfs, TreeNode* root) -> int {
            if (!root) {
                return 0;
            }
            int l = dfs(root->left), r = dfs(root->right);
            ans += abs(l - r);
            return l + r + root->val;
        };
        dfs(root);
        return ans;
    }
};

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */
func findTilt(root *TreeNode) (ans int) {
    var dfs func(*TreeNode) int
    dfs = func(root *TreeNode) int {
        if root == nil {
            return 0
        }
        l, r := dfs(root.Left), dfs(root.Right)
        ans += abs(l - r)
        return l + r + root.Val
    }
    dfs(root)
    return
}

func abs(x int) int {
    if x < 0 {
        return -x
    }
    return x
}

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * class TreeNode {
 *     val: number
 *     left: TreeNode | null
 *     right: TreeNode | null
 *     constructor(val?: number, left?: TreeNode | null, right?: TreeNode | null) {
 *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *         this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *         this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 *     }
 * }
 */

function findTilt(root: TreeNode | null): number {
    let ans: number = 0;
    const dfs = (root: TreeNode | null): number => {
        if (!root) {
            return 0;
        }
        const [l, r] = [dfs(root.left), dfs(root.right)];
        ans += Math.abs(l - r);
        return l + r + root.val;
    };
    dfs(root);
    return ans;
}

563. Binary Tree Tilt

Description

Solutions

Solution 1: Recursion

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