Symmetric Tree
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
1 /** 2 * Definition for a binary tree node. 3 * public class TreeNode { 4 * int val; 5 * TreeNode left; 6 * TreeNode right; 7 * TreeNode(int x) { val = x; } 8 * } 9 */ 10 public class Solution { 11 public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) { 12 if (root == null) return true; 13 return helper(root.left, root.right); 14 } 15 16 private boolean helper(TreeNode left, TreeNode right) { 17 if (left == null && right == null) return true; 18 19 if (left == null || right == null ) return false; 20 21 if (left.val != right.val) return false; 22 23 return helper(left.left, right.right) && helper(left.right, right.left); 24 } 25 }