Problem
Given a binary tree, check whether it is a mirror of itself (ie, symmetric around its center).
For example, this binary tree [1,2,2,3,4,4,3] is symmetric:
1
/ \
2 2
/ \ / \
3 4 4 3
But the following [1,2,2,null,3,null,3] is not:
1
/ \
2 2
\ \
3 3
Notes
Recursion !
Solution
Solution 1: recursive
class Solution:
def isSymmetric(self, root):
if not root:
return True
return self.isMirrored(root.left, root.right)
def isMirrored(self, left, right):
if not left and not right:
return True
elif not left:
return False
elif not right:
return False
else:
if left.val == right.val:
return self.isMirrored(left.left, right.right) and \
self.isMirrored(left.right, right.left)
else:
return False