From 519b59085244aed5329902995229eb55cb03f497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ShusenTang <tangshusen@pku.edu.cn>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:07:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] add 124. Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum :beer:

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@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ My LeetCode solutions with Chinese explanation. 我的LeetCode中文题解。
 | 121 |[Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock](https://leetcode.com/problems/best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/121.%20Best%20Time%20to%20Buy%20and%20Sell%20Stock.md)|Easy|  |
 | 122 |[Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock II](https://leetcode.com/problems/best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock-ii)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/122.%20Best%20Time%20to%20Buy%20and%20Sell%20Stock%20II.md)|Easy|  |
 | 123 |[Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock III](https://leetcode.com/problems/best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock-iii/)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/123.%20Best%20Time%20to%20Buy%20and%20Sell%20Stock%20III.md)|Hard|  |
+| 124 |[Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum](https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-maximum-path-sum/)|[C++](solutions/124.%20Binary%20Tree%20Maximum%20Path%20Sum.md)|Hard|  |
 | 125 |[Valid Palindrome](https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/125.%20Valid%20Palindrome.md)|Easy|  |
 | 127 |[Word Ladder](https://leetcode.com/problems/word-ladder/)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/127.%20Word%20Ladder.md)|Medium|  |
 | 129 |[Sum Root to Leaf Numbers](https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-root-to-leaf-numbers/)|[C++](https://github.com/ShusenTang/LeetCode/blob/master/solutions/129.%20Sum%20Root%20to%20Leaf%20Numbers.md)|Medium|  |
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+# [124. Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum](https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-maximum-path-sum/)
+
+# 思路
+
+给定一棵二叉树，求最大路径和，路径的起始和结尾可以是任意节点。
+
+这题的难点就在于起始点和结尾点都可以是任意节点，如果要求起始点就是根节点那就好做很多。我们设`maxRootPathSum(root)`代表以`root`为起始结点的路径最大和，那题目要求的`maxPathSum(root)`是候选值可能是多少呢？很简单，我们可以计算`root`左右两个子结点的`maxRootPathSum`，那么`maxPathSum(root)`就可能等于`root->val + maxPathSum(root->left) + maxPathSum(root->right)`。所以我们可以用一个类似后序遍历的递归函数来实现`maxPathSum(root)`，在这个递归函数中用一个全局变量res记录遇到的最大的`maxPathSum`。
+
+> 总结：由于二叉树本来就是通过递归定义的，所以二叉树的题很多可以用递归来做，而且多数时候就是类似遍历一遍二叉树。
+
+相当于就是后序遍历，所以复杂度为O(n)。
+
+
+# C++
+``` C++
+class Solution {
+private:
+    int res = INT_MIN;
+    int maxRootPathSum(TreeNode* root){
+        /*
+          以root为起始结点的路径最大和
+        */
+        if(!root) return 0;
+        int l = max(maxRootPathSum(root -> left), 0);
+        int r = max(maxRootPathSum(root -> right), 0);
+        res = max(res, root -> val + l + r);
+        return root -> val + max(l, r);
+    }
+public:
+    int maxPathSum(TreeNode* root) {
+        maxRootPathSum(root);
+        return res;
+    }
+};
+```
+