The Next Pirate

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The Straw Hat Pirates are looking to recruit new members to their crew. But they want to make sure they take the very best people. So, they decided to come up with a puzzle to select their next member. Can you be their latest pirate addition? You are given a $matrix$ of size **N*M**. You have to find the **minimum** value **K** such that, a **special square submatrix** of size **K** is possible.

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