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19. Diameter of Binary Tree ⭐

Length of the longest path between any two nodes in a tree (path may or may not pass through the root).

Time O(n) Space O(h)
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Reference implementation (Python)

def diameter_of_binary_tree(root):
    max_d = 0
    def height(node):
        nonlocal max_d
        if not node: return 0
        left = height(node.left)
        right = height(node.right)
        max_d = max(max_d, left + right)
        return 1 + max(left, right)
    height(root)
    return max_d

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