Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

A path in a binary tree is a sequence of nodes where each pair of adjacent nodes in the sequence has an edge connecting them. A node can only appear in the sequence at most once. Note that the path does not need to pass through the root.

The path sum of a path is the sum of the node's values in the path.

Given the root of a binary tree, return the maximum path sum of any non-empty path.

Example 1
        1
       / \
      2   3
Inputroot = [1,2,3]
Output6
The optimal path is 2 -> 1 -> 3 with a path sum of 2 + 1 + 3 = 6.
Example 2
          -10
         /   \
        9     20
             /  \
            15   7
Inputroot = [-10,9,20,null,null,15,7]
Output42
The optimal path is 15 -> 20 -> 7 with a path sum of 15 + 20 + 7 = 42.

Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 3 * 10^4].
  • -1000 <= Node.val <= 1000

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