DP. Time = O(n^2), space O(n)
class Solution {
public int numSquares(int n) {
int[] dp = new int[n + 1];
Arrays.fill(dp, n);
dp[0] = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) {
for (int j = 1; j * j <= i; j++) {
dp[i] = Math.min(dp[i], dp[i - j * j] + 1);
}
}
return dp[n];
}
}