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Solution: Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters

Explore a topological sorting approach to identify the longest path in a rooted tree where no two adjacent nodes share the same character. Understand how to process the tree in reverse order from leaves to root, track longest chains, and combine them to solve this unique coding challenge efficiently.

Statement

You are given a rooted tree with nn nodes, numbered from 00 to n1n - 1, where the tree is connected, undirected, and has no cycles. The tree is represented by a 0-indexed array parent of size nn, where parent[i] is the parent of node ...