<p>Given an <code>m x n</code> binary <code>matrix</code> filled with <code>0</code>&#39;s and <code>1</code>&#39;s, <em>find the largest square containing only</em> <code>1</code>&#39;s <em>and return its area</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> matrix = [[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;0&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;]]
<strong>Output:</strong> 4
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> matrix = [[&quot;0&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;0&quot;]]
<strong>Output:</strong> 1
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> matrix = [[&quot;0&quot;]]
<strong>Output:</strong> 0
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>m == matrix.length</code></li>
	<li><code>n == matrix[i].length</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= m, n &lt;= 300</code></li>
	<li><code>matrix[i][j]</code> is <code>&#39;0&#39;</code> or <code>&#39;1&#39;</code>.</li>
</ul>

class Solution {
public:
    int maximalSquare(vector<vector<char>>& matrix) {
        // the hard part is to find an efficient way to find the max matrix possible
        int m=matrix.size();
        int n=matrix[0].size();
        int maxside=0;
        vector<vector<int>> dp(m+1, vector(n+1, 0));
        for (int i=1; i<=m; i++) {
            for (int j=1; j<=n; j++) {
                if (matrix[i-1][j-1]=='1') {
                    dp[i][j]=min(min(dp[i-1][j-1], dp[i-1][j]), dp[i][j-1])+1;
                    maxside=max(maxside, dp[i][j]);
                }
            }
        }
        return maxside*maxside;
    }
};
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