Easy_Question8 : Same Tree

Given the root of a binary tree, check whether it is a mirror of itself (i.e., symmetric around its center).

 

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 1000].
• -100 <= Node.val <= 100

Approach 1: Recursion.

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
  public boolean isSameTree(TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
    // p and q are both null
    if (p == null && q == null) return true;
    // one of p and q is null
    if (q == null || p == null) return false;
    if (p.val != q.val) return false;
    return isSameTree(p.right, q.right) &&
            isSameTree(p.left, q.left);
  }
}

Approach 2: Iteration

class Solution {
  public boolean check(TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
    // p and q are null
    if (p == null && q == null) return true;
    // one of p and q is null
    if (q == null || p == null) return false;
    if (p.val != q.val) return false;
    return true;
  }

  public boolean isSameTree(TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
    if (p == null && q == null) return true;
    if (!check(p, q)) return false;

    // init deques
    ArrayDeque<TreeNode> deqP = new ArrayDeque<TreeNode>();
    ArrayDeque<TreeNode> deqQ = new ArrayDeque<TreeNode>();
    deqP.addLast(p);
    deqQ.addLast(q);

    while (!deqP.isEmpty()) {
      p = deqP.removeFirst();
      q = deqQ.removeFirst();

      if (!check(p, q)) return false;
      if (p != null) {
        // in Java nulls are not allowed in Deque
        if (!check(p.left, q.left)) return false;
        if (p.left != null) {
          deqP.addLast(p.left);
          deqQ.addLast(q.left);
        }
        if (!check(p.right, q.right)) return false;
        if (p.right != null) {
          deqP.addLast(p.right);
          deqQ.addLast(q.right);
        }
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
}

Complexity Analysis

• Time complexity : $\mathcal{O}(N)$ since each node is visited exactly once.

• Space complexity : $\mathcal{O}(\log(N))$ in the best case of completely balanced tree and $\mathcal{O}(N)$ in the worst case of completely unbalanced tree, to keep a deque.