Largest Sub-Grid in 2D Array

CodingOpenAILast reported October 2025Low Frequency
Reported
1× across candidate reports
First seen
October 2025
Last reported
October 2025
Reported outcome
unknown

Problem Overview

Given a 2D array of integers and a value maxsum, find the maximum size k such that every possible k×k square sub-grid in…

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