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Practice Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

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LeetCode Problem

Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

Problem Statement

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.

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Examples

# Example 1

Input
root = [1,2,3]
Output
6

# Example 2

Input
root = [-10,9,20,null,null,15,7]
Output
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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