101. Symmetric Tree

Given a binary tree, check whether it is a mirror of itself (ie, symmetric around its center).

For example, this binary tree is symmetric:

    1
   / \
  2   2
 / \ / \
3  4 4  3

 

But the following is not:

    1
   / \
  2   2
   \   \
   3    3

 

Note:
Bonus points if you could solve it both recursively and iteratively.

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/**
 * Definition for binary tree
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {

    public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) {
        
        if (root == null) return true;
        }
    
        return helper(root.left, root.right);
    }

    private boolean helper(TreeNode a, TreeNode b) {
        if (a == null && b == null) return true;
        if (a == null || b == null) return false;
        if (a.val != b.val) return false;
        return helper(a.left, b.right) && helper(a.right, b.left);
    }
}