Triangle (LeetCode 120) | Easy tutorial | Bottom-up Top-down dynamic programming | StudyAlgorithms

This problem is helpful to understand how dynamic programming actually works. Given a triangle of integers, we need to find the minimum sum possible starting from the top most element. The problem follows an optimal sub-structure property and can be solved using either the top-down approach or the bottom-up approach using memoization. Watch the video to see animations and an easy explanation to understand how to approach such problems
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Problem statement and description
03:16 - Why greedy algorithm will not work?
06:38 - Top-down dynamic programming
09:59 - Bottom-up dynamic programming
12:29 - Dry-run of Code
14:57 - Final Thoughts
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[@manojtate9604]

Your explanation was top-notch !

[@andrejiskra3391]

I think you structured your video very very well and explained the concepts and solutions perfectly. Timestamps were also very helpful. Thank you for creating this.

[@nikoo28]

glad you feel that way

[@kunalkheeva]

Appreciate your work! Most underrated channel though! Keep posting.

[@nikoo28]

fingers crossed :)

[@ganeshpatel3985]

love the way you teach

[@unemployedcse3514]

one vedio explains gist of dynamic programming and other concepts , thank you 😍

[@AkashYadav-di6kd]

Thank you very much, bhaiya.

[@vivekkumaryadav9862]

the way that u explain with example it help a lot to understand thanks sir

[@nikoo28]

that is so nice of you

[@mohammedilyas8824]

Great explanation sir,pls bring on some most tricky interview questions frequently asked

[@nikoo28]

Sure…i am adding new problems every week :)

[@leetcodebaby6680]

When you were explaining the problem, you left explaining after 2 rows when things really started becoming tricky. You left at the point when it was most needed.

[@nikoo28]

I discuss 2 approaches in the solution, a top-down and a bottom-up approach. Does that help? Can you tell me the timestamp at which you struggled? I can help more.

[@vivekkumaryadav9862]

TC -> O(n^2) S.C -> O(n^2)

[@032_RishavDey]

Sir we can optimise the Space Complexity to O(N)

[@nikoo28]

what will your approach be?

[@032_RishavDey]

@@nikoo28 just have one dp array of size equal to N, and initialise it with values in last row. Then perform bottom up approach. So our answer is in dp of 0.

[@nikoo28]

@@032_RishavDey that is indeed smart.. 😄