<p>A <strong>path</strong> in a binary tree is a sequence of nodes where each pair of adjacent nodes in the sequence has an edge connecting them. A node can only appear in the sequence <strong>at most once</strong>. Note that the path does not need to pass through the root.</p>

<p>The <strong>path sum</strong> of a path is the sum of the node&#39;s values in the path.</p>

<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, return <em>the maximum <strong>path sum</strong> of any <strong>non-empty</strong> path</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/13/exx1.jpg" style="width: 322px; height: 182px;" />
<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1,2,3]
<strong>Output:</strong> 6
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The optimal path is 2 -&gt; 1 -&gt; 3 with a path sum of 2 + 1 + 3 = 6.
</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/13/exx2.jpg" />
<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> root = [-10,9,20,null,null,15,7]
<strong>Output:</strong> 42
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The optimal path is 15 -&gt; 20 -&gt; 7 with a path sum of 15 + 20 + 7 = 42.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[1, 3 * 10<sup>4</sup>]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-1000 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 1000</code></li>
</ul>

# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def maxPathSum(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
        res = [root.val]

        def dfs(node):
            if not node:
                return 0
            
            node.left = dfs(node.left)
            node.right = dfs(node.right)

            maxLeft = max(node.left, 0)
            maxRight = max(node.right, 0)

            res[0] = max(res[0], node.val + maxLeft + maxRight)
            return node.val + max(maxLeft, maxRight)
        dfs(root)
        return res[0]
20300