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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions Scheduling Courses
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// We use BFS to perform topological sort by starting with nodes that have zero incoming edges (indegree 0).
// As we visit each course, we reduce the indegree of its dependents and add them to the queue if their indegree becomes zero.
// If we can visit all courses this way, there's no cycle, and the courses can be completed.

// time o(v+e)
// space o(v+e)

class Solution {
public boolean canFinish(int numCourses, int[][] prerequisites) {

int[] indegrees = new int[numCourses];
HashMap<Integer, List<Integer>> map = new HashMap<>();

for(int[] pr : prerequisites){
// pr[0] - dependent, pr[1] - independent
indegrees[pr[0]]++;
map.putIfAbsent(pr[1], new ArrayList<>());
map.get(pr[1]).add(pr[0]);
}

int count = 0;
Queue<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();

for(int i = 0; i < numCourses; i++){
if(indegrees[i] == 0){
q.add(i);
count++;
}
}

if(q.isEmpty()) return false;
if(count == numCourses) return true;

while(!q.isEmpty()){
int curr = q.poll();
List<Integer> dependencies = map.get(curr);
if(dependencies != null){
for(int dependent : dependencies){
indegrees[dependent]--;
if(indegrees[dependent] == 0){
q.add(dependent);
count++;
if(count == numCourses) return true;
}
}
}
}

return false;
}
}