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85. Maximal Rectangle

Description

Given a rows x cols binary matrix filled with 0's and 1's, find the largest rectangle containing only 1's and return its area.

 

Example 1:

Input: matrix = [["1","0","1","0","0"],["1","0","1","1","1"],["1","1","1","1","1"],["1","0","0","1","0"]]
Output: 6
Explanation: The maximal rectangle is shown in the above picture.

Example 2:

Input: matrix = [["0"]]
Output: 0

Example 3:

Input: matrix = [["1"]]
Output: 1

 

Constraints:

  • rows == matrix.length
  • cols == matrix[i].length
  • 1 <= row, cols <= 200
  • matrix[i][j] is '0' or '1'.

Solutions

Solution 1: Monotonic Stack

We treat each row as the base of the histogram, and calculate the maximum area of the histogram for each row.

The time complexity is $O(m \times n)$, where $m$ represents the number of rows in $matrix$, and $n$ represents the number of columns in $matrix$.

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class Solution:
    def maximalRectangle(self, matrix: List[List[str]]) -> int:
        heights = [0] * len(matrix[0])
        ans = 0
        for row in matrix:
            for j, v in enumerate(row):
                if v == "1":
                    heights[j] += 1
                else:
                    heights[j] = 0
            ans = max(ans, self.largestRectangleArea(heights))
        return ans

    def largestRectangleArea(self, heights: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(heights)
        stk = []
        left = [-1] * n
        right = [n] * n
        for i, h in enumerate(heights):
            while stk and heights[stk[-1]] >= h:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                left[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)
        stk = []
        for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
            h = heights[i]
            while stk and heights[stk[-1]] >= h:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                right[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)
        return max(h * (right[i] - left[i] - 1) for i, h in enumerate(heights))

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class Solution {
    public int maximalRectangle(char[][] matrix) {
        int n = matrix[0].length;
        int[] heights = new int[n];
        int ans = 0;
        for (var row : matrix) {
            for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
                if (row[j] == '1') {
                    heights[j] += 1;
                } else {
                    heights[j] = 0;
                }
            }
            ans = Math.max(ans, largestRectangleArea(heights));
        }
        return ans;
    }

    private int largestRectangleArea(int[] heights) {
        int res = 0, n = heights.length;
        Deque<Integer> stk = new ArrayDeque<>();
        int[] left = new int[n];
        int[] right = new int[n];
        Arrays.fill(right, n);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && heights[stk.peek()] >= heights[i]) {
                right[stk.pop()] = i;
            }
            left[i] = stk.isEmpty() ? -1 : stk.peek();
            stk.push(i);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            res = Math.max(res, heights[i] * (right[i] - left[i] - 1));
        }
        return res;