#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int dx[4] = {1, -1, 0, 0}, dy[4] = {0, 0, 1, -1};
int n, m, depth[4000][4000], ans = 1;
string snow[4000];
bool inside(int x, int y) {
return (x > -1 && x < n && y > -1 && y < m && snow[x][y] != '.');
}
int main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
cin >> n >> m;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
cin >> snow[i];
}
deque<pair<int, int>> q;
q.push_back({0, 0});
depth[0][0] = 1;
while (!q.empty()) {
pair<int, int> c = q.front();
q.pop_front();
ans = max(ans, depth[c.first][c.second]);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
int x = c.first + dx[i];
int y = c.second + dy[i];
if (inside(x, y) && depth[x][y] == 0) {
if (snow[x][y] == snow[c.first][c.second]) {
depth[x][y] = depth[c.first][c.second];
q.push_front({x, y});
}
else {
depth[x][y] = depth[c.first][c.second] + 1;
q.push_back({x, y});
}
}
}
}
cout << ans << endl;
return 0;
}
