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Minimize Malware Spread in a Facility Network

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Problem statement

An undirected facility network is represented by an adjacency matrix graph. Every center in initial is compromised, and compromise spreads through connected centers.

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Example 1

graph = [[1,1,0],[1,1,0],[0,0,1]]initial = [0,1]return = 0

Removing either 0 or 1 leaves the same connected component infected, so the smaller ID wins.

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