101. Symmetric Tree

https://leetcode.com/problems/symmetric-tree/description/

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

Note:
Bonus points if you could solve it both recursively and iteratively.

 

 

Sol 1:

 

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) {
        
        
        // Time O(n) Space O(n)
        // recursion
        
        return isMirror(root, root); 
        
    }
    
    public boolean isMirror(TreeNode t1, TreeNode t2){
        if (t1 == null && t2 == null) return true;
        if (t1 == null || t2 == null) return false;
        return (t1.val == t2.val)
            && isMirror(t1.right, t2.left)
            && isMirror(t1.left, t2.right);
        
        
    }
}

Sol 2:

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) {
        
        
        // Time O(n) Space O(n)
        // iteration
        
        Queue<TreeNode> q = new LinkedList<>();
        q.add(root);
        q.add(root);
        while (!q.isEmpty()){
            TreeNode t1 = q.poll();
            TreeNode t2 = q.poll();
            if (t1 == null && t2 == null) continue;
            if (t1 == null || t2 == null) return false;
            if (t1.val != t2.val) return false;
            q.add(t1.left);
            q.add(t2.right);
            q.add(t1.right);
            q.add(t2.left);
        }
        
        return true;
}
}