P10270 Curious Baby.
Background
> Roads are made by people’s own hands.
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> Wine and bread are gained through work.
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> Tiny new sprouts stretch out their leaves,
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> Fighting off sleepiness among piles of potions.
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> A bit more, just a bit more time,
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> To read the next page of the book.
Description
You are given an $n \times m$ matrix, where each position $(i,j)$ is a lowercase letter.
Define the string of a path as the string formed by concatenating the characters on the path in order.
Please find two paths from $(1,1)$ to $(n,m)$, where you may only move down or right, to minimize the length of the longest common prefix of the two path strings.
Input Format
The first line contains two numbers $n,m$.
The next $n$ lines each contain $m$ characters, describing the whole matrix.
Output Format
Output one number, which is the minimum possible length of the longest common prefix.
Explanation/Hint
### Explanation of Sample 1
The two chosen paths are:
- $(1,1)\rightarrow (1,2)\rightarrow (1,3)\rightarrow (2,3)\rightarrow (3,3):$ `abexy`.
- $(1,1)\rightarrow (1,2)\rightarrow (2,2)\rightarrow (2,3)\rightarrow (3,3):$ `abcxy`.
Their longest common prefix has length $2$. It can be proven that there is no better solution.
### Constraints and Notes
For $30\%$ of the testdata, $1 \le n,m \le 5$.
For $50\%$ of the testdata, $1 \le n,m \le 50$.
For the other $20\%$ of the testdata, the matrix is randomly generated and contains only letters `a,b`.
For $100\%$ of the testdata, $1 \le n,m \le 2\times 10^3$, and the input contains only integers and lowercase letters.
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