Maximize the Distance Between Points on a Square
You receive an integer side , representing the edge length of a square with corners at (0, 0) , (0, side) , (side, 0) , and (side, side) on a Cartesian plane.
You are also given a positive integer k and a 2D integer array points , where points[i] = [x i , y i ] represents the coordinate of a point lying on the boundary of the square.
You need to select k elements among points such that the minimum Manhattan distance between any two points is maximized .
Produce the maximum valid minimum Manhattan distance between the selected k points.
The Manhattan Distance between two cells (x i , y i ) and (x j , y j ) is |x i - x j | + |y i - y j | .
Input: side = 2, points = [[0,2],[2,0],[2,2],[0,0]], k = 4
Output: 2
Explanation:
For this case, select all four points.
Input: side = 2, points = [[0,0],[1,2],[2,0],[2,2],[2,1]], k = 4
Output: 1
Explanation:
For this case, select the points (0, 0) , (2, 0) , (2, 2) , and (2, 1) .
Input: side = 2, points = [[0,0],[0,1],[0,2],[1,2],[2,0],[2,2],[2,1]], k = 5
Output: 1
Explanation:
For this case, select the points (0, 0) , (0, 1) , (0, 2) , (1, 2) , and (2, 2) .
Constraints
1 <= side <= 10^94 <= points.length <= min(4 * side, 15 * 10^3 )points[i] == [xi, yi]- The input is generated such that
points[i]lies on the boundary of the square. Allpoints[i]are unique. 4 <= k <= min(25, points.length)
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