<aside> 💡 279. Perfect Squares

Given an integer n, return the least number of perfect square numbers that sum to n.

perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer; in other words, it is the product of some integer with itself. For example, 149, and 16 are perfect squares while 3 and 11 are not.

Example 1:

Input: n = 12
Output: 3
Explanation: 12 = 4 + 4 + 4.

Example 2:

Input: n = 13
Output: 2
Explanation: 13 = 4 + 9.

Constraints:

🙅🏾‍♂️time exceed timeout


👏🏾not bad, pass all the test


🔥Dynamic Programming: fractional knapsack

class Solution {
    public int numSquares(int n) {
        int[] dp = new int[n+1];
        Arrays.fill(dp, n+1);
        dp[0] = 0;
        dp[1] = 1;
        for (int j = 2; j <=n; j++) {
            for (int i = 1; i*i<=j; i++){
                dp[j] = Math.min( dp[j-i*i]+1, dp[j]);
            }
        }
        return dp[n];   
    }
}