diff --git a/Python/279.PerfectSquares.py b/Python/279.PerfectSquares.py
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+class Solution:
+    MAXSIZE = 99999
+    def numSquares(self, n: int) -> int:
+        if n <= 3: return n
+
+        solTable = [0] * (n+1)
+        solTable[0] = 0
+        solTable[1] = 1
+        solTable[2] = 2
+        solTable[3] = 3
+
+        for i in range(3,n+1):
+            solTable[i] = self.MAXSIZE
+            j = 1
+            for j in range(1, i-j*j):
+                if i-j*j >= 0:
+                    solTable[i] = min(solTable[i], solTable[i-j*j])
+                else:
+                    break
+            solTable[i] += 1
+        return solTable[n]