CoursesDynamic Programming1D DP

Perfect Squares

Coin Change in disguise: the coins are 1, 4, 9, 16, ... — dp[n] = min over k*k <= n of dp[n - k*k] + 1, and greedy's biggest-square instinct loses.

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