Darbar 287 — Maximum Score From Removing Stones

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Darbar · Heap

Catalog slot 287 of 548 (source id 727). Topic heap / simple heap.

Solve on LeetCode: Maximum Score From Removing Stones. Do not treat this page as a statement dump.

Aligned T2T band: weeks 31–45. Start at Week 31. Full map: Darbar hub.

Pattern block: Data-structure mastery (weeks 46-60, slots 281-360). Warmup: Standard-library structure drills. Exam: Structure-selection exam with 2-3 advanced problems.

Triangulation — Heap: Darbar speed is Top-K and scheduler problems; Forge depth is Heap invariants and adversarial streams; production artifact is Streaming Top-K / inference batching.

Evidence (cookiecutter problem_287.md)

1. Attempt log (approaches that failed)
2. Final complexity (time and space)
3. One mistake corrected
4. Production concept this slot reinforces

Personal dates and the CSV tracker stay in the learner journal.

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