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# 110.Balanced-Binary-Tree

## 110. Balanced Binary Tree

## 题目地址

<https://leetcode.com/problems/balanced-binary-tree/>

<http://www.lintcode.com/problem/balanced-binary-tree/>

<http://www.jiuzhang.com/solutions/balanced-binary-tree/>

## 题目描述

```
Given a binary tree, determine if it is height-balanced.

For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as:

a binary tree in which the left and right subtrees of every node differ in height by no more than 1.

Example 1:
Given the following tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]:

    3
   / \
  9  20
    /  \
   15   7
Return true.

Example 2:
Given the following tree [1,2,2,3,3,null,null,4,4]:

       1
      / \
     2   2
    / \
   3   3
  / \
 4   4
Return false.
```

## 代码

### Approach #1

```java
public class Solution {
    public boolean isBalanced(TreeNode root) {
    return maxDepth(root) != -1;
  }

  private int maxDepth(TreeNode root) {
    if (root == null) return 0;

    int left = maxDepth(root.left);
    int right = maxDepth(root.right);
    if (left == -1 || right == -1 || Math.abs(left - right) > 1) {
      return -1;
    }

    return Math.max(left, right) + 1;
  }
}
```

### Approach #2 Top-down recursion

```java
class Solution {
  // Recursively obtain the height of a tree. An empty tree has -1 height
  private int height(TreeNode root) {
    // An empty tree has height -1
    if (root == null) {
      return -1;
    }
    return 1 + Math.max(height(root.left), height(root.right));
  }

  public boolean isBalanced(TreeNode root) {
    // An empty tree satisfies the definition of a balanced tree
    if (root == null) {
      return true;
    }

    // Check if subtrees have height within 1. If they do, check if the
    // subtrees are balanced
    return Math.abs(height(root.left) - height(root.right)) < 2
        && isBalanced(root.left)
        && isBalanced(root.right);
  }
};
```

### Approach #3 Bottom-up recursion

```java
// Utility class to store information from recursive calls
final class TreeInfo {
  public final int height;
  public final boolean balanced;

  public TreeInfo(int height, boolean balanced) {
    this.height = height;
    this.balanced = balanced;
  }
}

class Solution {
  // Return whether or not the tree at root is balanced while also storing
  // the tree's height in a reference variable.
  private TreeInfo isBalancedTreeHelper(TreeNode root) {
    // An empty tree is balanced and has height = -1
    if (root == null) {
      return new TreeInfo(-1, true);
    }

    // Check subtrees to see if they are balanced.
    TreeInfo left = isBalancedTreeHelper(root.left);
    if (!left.balanced) {
      return new TreeInfo(-1, false);
    }
    TreeInfo right = isBalancedTreeHelper(root.right);
    if (!right.balanced) {
      return new TreeInfo(-1, false);
    }

    // Use the height obtained from the recursive calls to
    // determine if the current node is also balanced.
    if (Math.abs(left.height - right.height) < 2) {
      return new TreeInfo(Math.max(left.height, right.height) + 1, true);
    }
    return new TreeInfo(-1, false);
  }

  public boolean isBalanced(TreeNode root) {
    return isBalancedTreeHelper(root).balanced;
  }
};
```


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