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Let's start with a relatively simple <em>greedy</em>
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<div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-info admonition_xJq3 alert alert--info"><div class="admonitionHeading_Gvgb"><span class="admonitionIcon_Rf37"><svg viewBox="0 0 14 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M7 2.3c3.14 0 5.7 2.56 5.7 5.7s-2.56 5.7-5.7 5.7A5.71 5.71 0 0 1 1.3 8c0-3.14 2.56-5.7 5.7-5.7zM7 1C3.14 1 0 4.14 0 8s3.14 7 7 7 7-3.14 7-7-3.14-7-7-7zm1 3H6v5h2V4zm0 6H6v2h2v-2z"></path></svg></span>Greedy algorithms</div><div class="admonitionContent_BuS1"><p><em>Greedy algorithms</em> can be described as algorithms that decide the action on the
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<p>We can try to adjust the naïve solution. The most problematic part are the
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recursive calls. Let's apply the greedy approach there:</p>
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class="token plain">col </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">>=</span><span class="token plain"> pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">row </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">.</span><span class="token plain">length</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">||</span><span class="token plain"> pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">row </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">col</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">></span><span class="token plain"> pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">row </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">col </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:#999988;font-style:italic">// If we cannot go right or it's not feasible, we continue to the left.</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">return</span><span class="token plain"> pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">row</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">col</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:#d73a49">longestSlideDown</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token plain">pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">,</span><span class="token plain"> row </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">,</span><span class="token plain"> col</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:#999988;font-style:italic">// Otherwise we just move to the right.</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">return</span><span class="token plain"> pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">row</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">[</span><span class="token plain">col</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">]</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:#d73a49">longestSlideDown</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token plain">pyramid</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">,</span><span class="token plain"> row </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">,</span><span class="token plain"> col </span><span class="token operator" style="color:#393A34">+</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:#36acaa">1</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">}</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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<p>OK, if we cannot go right <strong>or</strong> the right path adds smaller value to the sum,
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we simply go left.</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="time-complexity">Time complexity<a href="#time-complexity" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Time complexity" title="Direct link to Time complexity"></a></h2>
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<p>We have switched from <em>adding the maximum</em> to <em>following the “bigger” path</em>, so
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we improved the time complexity tremendously. We just go down the pyramid all
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the way to the bottom. Therefore we are getting:</p>
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<span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>r</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>w</mi><mi>s</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{O}(rows)</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em"></span><span class="mord mathcal" style="margin-right:0.02778em">O</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">ro</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em">w</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span></span>
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<p>We have managed to convert our exponential solution into a linear one.</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="running-the-tests">Running the tests<a href="#running-the-tests" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Running the tests" title="Direct link to Running the tests"></a></h2>
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<p>However, if we run the tests, we notice that the second test failed:</p>
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<div class="codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">Test #1: passed</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain">Test #2: failed</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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<p>What's going on? Well, we have improved the time complexity, but greedy
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algorithms are not the ideal solution to <strong>all</strong> problems. In this case there
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may be a solution that is bigger than the one found using the greedy algorithm.</p>
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<p>Imagine the following pyramid:</p>
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<p>We start at the top:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Current cell: <code>1</code>, we can choose from <code>2</code> and <code>3</code>, <code>3</code> looks better, so we
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choose it.</li>
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<li>Current cell: <code>3</code>, we can choose from <code>6</code> and <code>7</code>, <code>7</code> looks better, so we
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choose it.</li>
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<li>Current cell: <code>7</code>, we can choose from <code>10</code> and <code>11</code>, <code>11</code> looks better, so we
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choose it.</li>
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<li>Current cell: <code>11</code>, we can choose from <code>15</code> and <code>16</code>, <code>16</code> looks better, so
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we choose it.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Our final sum is: <code>1 + 3 + 7 + 11 + 16 = 38</code>, but in the bottom left cell we
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have a <code>99</code> that is bigger than our whole sum.</p>
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