<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:
    def maximalSquare(self, matrix: List[List[str]]) -> int:
        
        m, n = len(matrix), len(matrix[0])
        memo = {}
        max_side = 0

        def topdown(i, j):
            if i == m or j == n or matrix[i][j] == '0':
                return 0
            if (i, j) in memo:
                return memo[(i, j)]
            
            nonlocal max_side

            memo[(i, j)] = 1 + min(topdown(i + 1, j), topdown(i, j + 1), topdown(i + 1, j + 1))
            max_side = max(max_side, memo[(i, j)])
            
            return memo[(i, j)]
        
        for i in range(m):
            for j in range(n):
                topdown(i, j)

        return max_side ** 2
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