Longest Increasing Path in a Matrix

Given an integer matrix, find the length of the longest increasing path.

From each cell, you can either move to four directions: left, right, up or down. You may NOT move diagonally or move outside of the boundary (i.e. wrap-around is not allowed).

Example 1:

Input: nums = 
[
  [9,9,4],
  [6,6,8],
  [2,1,1]
] 
Output: 4 
Explanation: The longest increasing path is [1, 2, 6, 9].

Example 2:

Input: nums = 
[
  [3,4,5],
  [3,2,6],
  [2,2,1]
] 
Output: 4 
Explanation: The longest increasing path is [3, 4, 5, 6]. Moving diagonally is not allowed.

Solution:

class Solution {
    private static final int[] dx = new int[]{0,1,0,-1};
    private static final int[] dy = new int[]{1,0,-1,0};
    
    public int longestIncreasingPath(int[][] matrix) {
        int m = matrix.length;
        if (m == 0) return 0;
        int n = matrix[0].length;
        if (n == 0) return 0;
        int[] max = new int[1];
        int[][] memo = new int[m][n];
        for (int i = 0; i < m; i ++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < n; j ++) {
                dfs(matrix, m, n, i, j, max, memo);
            }
        }
        // for (int[] arr : memo) System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
        return max[0];
    }
    
    private int dfs(int[][] matrix, int m, int n, int i, int j, int[] max, int[][] memo) {
        if (memo[i][j] > 0) return memo[i][j];
        memo[i][j] = 1;
        for (int k = 0; k < 4; k ++) {
            int nx = i + dx[k];
            int ny = j + dy[k];
            if (nx >= 0 && nx < m && ny >= 0 && ny < n && matrix[nx][ny] > matrix[i][j]) {
                memo[i][j] = Math.max(memo[i][j], 1 + dfs(matrix, m, n, nx, ny, max, memo));
            }
        }
        max[0] = Math.max(max[0], memo[i][j]);
        return memo[i][j];
    }
}