120. Triangle

Problem:

Given a triangle, find the minimum path sum from top to bottom. Each step you may move to adjacent numbers on the row below.

For example, given the following triangle

[
     [2],
    [3,4],
   [6,5,7],
  [4,1,8,3]
]

The minimum path sum from top to bottom is 11 (i.e., 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 = 11).

Analysis:

Use dp from bottom up, then no need to consider boundaries. 

Solution:

class Solution {
    public int minimumTotal(List<List<Integer>> triangle) {
        int[] dp = new int[triangle.size() + 1];
        for (int i = triangle.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
                dp[j] = Math.min(dp[j], dp[j + 1]) + triangle.get(i).get(j);
            }
        }
        return dp[0];
    }
}