Given an m x n matrix, return a new matrix answer where answer[row][col] is the rank of matrix[row][col].

The rank is an integer that represents how large an element is compared to other elements. It is calculated using the following rules:

• The rank is an integer starting from 1.
• If two elements p and q are in the same row or column, then:
• If p < q then rank(p) < rank(q)
• If p == q then rank(p) == rank(q)
• If p > q then rank(p) > rank(q)
• The rank should be as small as possible.

It is guaranteed that answer is unique under the given rules.

Example 1:

Input: matrix = [[1,2],[3,4]]
Output: [[1,2],[2,3]]
Explanation:
The rank of matrix[0][0] is 1 because it is the smallest integer in its row and column.
The rank of matrix[0][1] is 2 because matrix[0][1] > matrix[0][0] and matrix[0][0] is rank 1.
The rank of matrix[1][0] is 2 because matrix[1][0] > matrix[0][0] and matrix[0][0] is rank 1.
The rank of matrix[1][1] is 3 because matrix[1][1] > matrix[0][1], matrix[1][1] > matrix[1][0], and both matrix[0][1] and matrix[1][0] are rank 2.


Example 2:

Input: matrix = [[7,7],[7,7]]
Output: [[1,1],[1,1]]


Example 3:

Input: matrix = [[20,-21,14],[-19,4,19],[22,-47,24],[-19,4,19]]
Output: [[4,2,3],[1,3,4],[5,1,6],[1,3,4]]


Example 4:

Input: matrix = [[7,3,6],[1,4,5],[9,8,2]]
Output: [[5,1,4],[1,2,3],[6,3,1]]


Constraints:

• m == matrix.length
• n == matrix[i].length
• 1 <= m, n <= 500
• -109 <= matrix[row][col] <= 109

## Solution: Union Find

Group cells by their values, process groups (cells that have the same value) in ascending order (smaller number has smaller rank).

For cells that are in the same row and same cols union them using union find, they should have the same rank which equals to max(max_rank_x[cols], max_rank_y[rows]) + 1.

Time complexity: O(m*n*(m+n))
Space complexity: O(m*n)

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