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"# [Path Sum: Two Ways](https://projecteuler.net/problem=81)\n",
"\n",
"First things first, we'll read in the matrix."
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"with open(\"txt/0081_matrix.txt\") as f:\n",
" mat = matrix((int(n) for n in line.split(',')) for line in f)"
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"This problem is fundamentally a [shortest path problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortest_path_problem), a well-studied problem with lots of algorithms to choose from. We'll employ a variant of [Dijkstra's algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm) - we would need a different algorithm if the matrix had negative entries.\n",
"\n",
"In short, this algorithm starts with the top-left entry of the matrix and adds its neighbors below and right of it to a search queue. The queue emits entries in the order of smallest path sum from the top-left entry, so the first time we visit an entry, we know the path taken to it is its minimal path. This means when we visit the bottom-right entry, we'll have computed its minimal path and can exit. We also keep track of nodes we've already visited so we don't waste time re-visiting them.\n",
"\n",
"Note that we could improve this even further by implementing a [Fibonacci heap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_heap) for our priority queue, but using a binary heap - [built-in to Python!](https://docs.python.org/3/library/heapq.html) - is plenty fast for this problem."
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"import heapq\n",
"\n",
"def minimal_path_sum(mat):\n",
" m, n = mat.dimensions()\n",
" \n",
" visited = set()\n",
" queue = [(0, (0, 0))]\n",
" while queue != []:\n",
" cost, (i, j) = heapq.heappop(queue)\n",
" \n",
" if (i, j) in visited:\n",
" continue\n",
" visited.add((i, j))\n",
" \n",
" cost += mat[i, j]\n",
" \n",
" if (i, j) == (m - 1, n - 1):\n",
" break\n",
" \n",
" if i + 1 < m:\n",
" heapq.heappush(queue, (cost, (i + 1, j)))\n",
" \n",
" if j + 1 < n:\n",
" heapq.heappush(queue, (cost, (i, j + 1)))\n",
" \n",
" return cost"
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"minimal_path_sum(mat)"
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"#### Copyright (C) 2025 filifa\n",
"\n",
"This work is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) and the [BSD Zero Clause license](https://spdx.org/licenses/0BSD.html)."
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