diff --git a/DeleteAndEarn.java b/DeleteAndEarn.java
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+// Time complexity : Max (O(n), O(m)) n is size of input array and m is max value in input array
+// Space Complexity: O(m)  m is max value in input array
+// We can change this problem to look like the 'House Robber' game. Choosing a number means
+// we cannot choose its neighbors. First, we add up the total points for each number.
+// Then, we look at each number one by one to find the highest score
+
+class DeleteAndEarn {
+    public int deleteAndEarn(int[] nums) {
+        // find the max value in the array
+        int maxValue = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        for(int num : nums){
+            maxValue = Math.max(maxValue, num);
+        }
+        // create an array of length maxvalue
+        int[] array = new int[maxValue+1];
+        for( int num : nums) {
+            array[num] =  array[num] + num;
+        }
+        // create a dp array
+        int[] dp = new int[maxValue+1];
+        dp[0] = array[0];
+        dp[1] = Math.max(array[0],array[1]);
+
+        for(int i=2; i< array.length; i++) {
+            dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i-1], dp[i-2]+array[i]);
+        }
+        return dp[maxValue];
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/MinFallingSum.java b/MinFallingSum.java
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+// Time complexity : O(n^2)
+// Space Complexity: O(n^2)
+// We start by filling the last row of DP array with the last row of matrix where dp[i][j]
+// is the minimum sum path until then.
+class MinFallingSum {
+    public int minFallingPathSum(int[][] matrix) {
+        int m = matrix.length;
+        int n= matrix[0].length;
+        int[][] dp = new int[m][n];
+
+        // fill the dp array with the last row of the matrix
+        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
+            dp[m-1][i] = matrix[m-1][i];
+        }
+
+        // calculate the min sum
+        for(int i = m-2; i>=0; i--){
+            for(int j=0; j<n; j++) {
+                if(j==0){
+                    dp[i][j] = matrix[i][j] + Math.min(dp[i+1][j], dp[i+1][j+1]);
+                } else if (j == n-1) {
+                    dp[i][j] = matrix[i][j] + Math.min(dp[i+1][j], dp[i+1][j-1]);
+                } else{
+                    dp[i][j] = matrix[i][j] + Math.min(dp[i+1][j],Math.min(dp[i+1][j-1], dp[i+1][j+1]));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        int minValue = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
+            minValue = Math.min(minValue, dp[0][i]);
+        }
+
+        return minValue;
+    }
+}
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