编码挑战：通过解决问题参与和学习

input: s = "babad"
output: "bab"
note: "aba" is also a valid answer.

def longest_palindrome_brute_force(s):
    def is_palindrome(sub):
        return sub == sub[::-1]

    n = len(s)
    longest = ""
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(i, n):
            if is_palindrome(s[i:j+1]) and len(s[i:j+1]) > len(longest):
                longest = s[i:j+1]
    return longest


print(longest_palindrome_brute_force("babad"))  # output: "bab" or "aba"

def longest_palindrome_expand_center(s):
    def expand_around_center(left, right):
        while left >= 0 and right < len(s) and s[left] == s[right]:
            left -= 1
            right += 1
        return s[left+1:right]

    longest = ""
    for i in range(len(s)):
        # odd length palindromes
        odd_palindrome = expand_around_center(i, i)
        if len(odd_palindrome) > len(longest):
            longest = odd_palindrome
        # even length palindromes
        even_palindrome = expand_around_center(i, i+1)
        if len(even_palindrome) > len(longest):
            longest = even_palindrome
    return longest


print(longest_palindrome_expand_center("babad"))  # output: "bab" or "aba"

def longest_palindrome_dp(s):
    n = len(s)
    if n == 0:
        return ""
    dp = [[False] * n for _ in range(n)]
    start, max_length = 0, 1

    for i in range(n):
        dp[i][i] = True

    for length in range(2, n+1):
        for i in range(n-length+1):
            j = i + length - 1
            if s[i] == s[j]:
                if length == 2 or dp[i+1][j-1]:
                    dp[i][j] = True
                    if length > max_length:
                        start = i
                        max_length = length

    return s[start:start+max_length]


print(longest_palindrome_dp("babad"))  # Output: "bab" or "aba"