Easy
Largest Triangle Area — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n^3) · Space O(1)
# Time: O(n^3)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def largestTriangleArea(self, points):
"""
:type points: List[List[int]]
:rtype: float
"""
result = 0
for i in xrange(len(points)-2):
for j in xrange(i+1, len(points)-1):
for k in xrange(j+1, len(points)):
result = max(result,
0.5 * abs(points[i][0] * points[j][1] +
points[j][0] * points[k][1] +
points[k][0] * points[i][1] -
points[j][0] * points[i][1] -
points[k][0] * points[j][1] -
points[i][0] * points[k][1]))
return result