Maximum Depth of Binary Tree
<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, return <em>its maximum depth</em>.</p>

<p>A binary tree&#39;s <strong>maximum depth</strong>&nbsp;is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]
<strong>Output:</strong> 3
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1,null,2]
<strong>Output:</strong> 2
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[0, 10<sup>4</sup>]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-100 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 100</code></li>
</ul>
Tree; Depth-First Search; Breadth-First Search; Binary Tree
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * class TreeNode {
 *     val: number
 *     left: TreeNode | null
 *     right: TreeNode | null
 *     constructor(val?: number, left?: TreeNode | null, right?: TreeNode | null) {
 *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *         this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *         this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 *     }
 * }
 */

function maxDepth(root: TreeNode | null): number {
    if (root === null) {
        return 0;
    }
    return 1 + Math.max(maxDepth(root.left), maxDepth(root.right));
}
