Largest rectangular sub-matrix whose sum is 0 - GeeksforGeeks

20 Jul, 2021
Given a 2D matrix, find the largest rectangular sub-matrix whose sum is 0. for example consider the following N x M input matrix  
Examples:  
Input :  1,  2,  3
        -3, -2, -1          
         1,  7,  5

Output : 1,  2,  3          
        -3, -2, -1

Input :  9,  7, 16,  5
         1, -6, -7,  3          
         1,  8,  7,  9          
         7, -2,  0, 10

Output :-6, -7
          8,  7          
         -2,  0    
 
The naive solution for this problem is to check every possible rectangle in given 2D array. This solution requires 4 nested loops and time complexity of this solution would be O(n^4).The solution is based on Maximum sum rectangle in a 2D matrix. The idea is to reduce the problem to 1 D array. We can use Hashing to find maximum length of sub-array in 1-D array in O(n) time. We fix the left and right columns one by one and find the largest sub-array with 0 sum contiguous rows for every left and right column pair. We basically find top and bottom row numbers (which have sum is zero) for every fixed left and right column pair. To find the top and bottom row numbers, calculate sum of elements in every row from left to right and store these sums in an array say temp[]. So temp[i] indicates sum of elements from left to right in row i. If we find largest subarray with 0 sum on temp, and no. of elements is greater than previous no. of elements then update the values of final row_up, final row_down, final col_left, final col_right. 
CPP
// A C++ program to find Largest rectangular// sub-matrix whose sum is 0#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; const int MAX = 100; // This function basically finds largest 0// sum subarray in temp[0..n-1]. If 0 sum// does't exist, then it returns false. Else// it returns true and sets starting and// ending indexes as starti and endj.bool sumZero(int temp[], int* starti,            int* endj, int n){    // Map to store the previous sums    map<int, int> presum;    int sum = 0; // Initialize sum of elements     // Initialize length of sub-array with sum 0    int max_length = 0;     // Traverse through the given array    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)    {        // Add current element to sum        sum += temp[i];         if (temp[i] == 0 && max_length == 0)        {            *starti = i;            *endj = i;            max_length = 1;        }        if (sum == 0)        {            if (max_length < i + 1)            {                *starti = 0;                *endj = i;            }            max_length = i + 1;        }         // Look for this sum in Hash table        if (presum.find(sum) != presum.end())        {            // store previous max_length so            // that we can check max_length            // is updated or not            int old = max_length;             // If this sum is seen before,            // then update max_len            max_length = max(max_length, i - presum[sum]);             if (old < max_length)            {                // If max_length is updated then                // enter and update start and end                // point of array                *endj = i;                *starti = presum[sum] + 1;            }        }        else             // Else insert this sum with            // index in hash table            presum[sum] = i;    }     // Return true if max_length is non-zero    return (max_length != 0);} // The main function that finds Largest rectangle// sub-matrix in a[][] whose sum is 0.void sumZeroMatrix(int a[][MAX], int row, int col){    int temp[row];     // Variables to store the final output    int fup = 0, fdown = 0, fleft = 0, fright = 0;    int sum;    int up, down;    int maxl = INT_MIN;     // Set the left column    for (int left = 0; left < col; left++)    {        // Initialize all elements of temp as 0        memset(temp, 0, sizeof(temp));         // Set the right column for the left column        // set by outer loop        for (int right = left; right < col; right++)        {            // Calculate sum between current left            // and right for every row 'i'            for (int i = 0; i < row; i++)                temp[i] += a[i][right];             // Find largest subarray with 0 sum in            // temp[]. The sumZero() function also            // sets values of start and finish. So            // 'sum' is sum of rectangle between (start,            // left) and (finish, right) which is            // boundary columns strictly as left and right.            bool sum = sumZero(temp, &up, &down, row);            int ele = (down - up + 1) * (right - left + 1);             // Compare no. of elements with previous            // no. of elements in sub-Matrix.            // If new sub-matrix has more elements            // then update maxl and final boundaries            // like fup, fdown, fleft, fright            if (sum && ele > maxl)            {                fup = up;                fdown = down;                fleft = left;                fright = right;                maxl = ele;            }        }    }     // If there is no change in boundaries    // than check if a[0][0] is 0    // If it not zero then print    // that no such zero-sum sub-matrix exists    if (fup == 0 && fdown == 0 && fleft == 0 &&            fright == 0 && a[0][0] != 0) {        cout << "No zero-sum sub-matrix exists";        return;    }     // Print final values    for (int j = fup; j <= fdown; j++)    {        for (int i = fleft; i <= fright; i++)            cout << a[j][i] << " ";        cout << endl;    }} // Driver program to test above functionsint main(){    int a[][MAX] = { { 9, 7, 16, 5 }, { 1, -6, -7, 3 },                      { 1, 8, 7, 9 }, { 7, -2, 0, 10 } };      int row = 4, col = 4;    sumZeroMatrix(a, row, col);    return 0;}
Output:  
    -6, -7
     8, 7          
    -2, 0
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