submatrix

given a 2-d matrix with 0 or 1 values

largest square of all 1's

dynamic programming, dp[i][j] = 1 + min{dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1], dp[i-1][j-1]} if m[i][j] == 1; otherwise a[i][j]=0;

largest submatrix of all 1's

https://leetcode.com/problems/maximal-rectangle/

dynamic programming. scan row-by-row and accumulate the "height" at each position; then for each accumulated row, run the "largest rectangle in histogram" algorithm.

query sum of submatrix
https://leetcode.com/problems/range-sum-query-2d-immutable/
similar to prefix-sum array, generate sum[i][j] = sum{mat[0..i][0..j]}, then it's straightforward to answer sum of all possible submatrixes.

largest sum of submatrix

column-wise (i, j) sum (i.e. sum columns[i..j]), then solve 1-D case in O(n), in total O(n^3)