is computing log to the base 2 simpler than computing log to the base 3 ?
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > He didn't ask for efficient ways, only other ways. > > On Sep 22, 2:36 pm, Ramaswamy R <ramaswam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can we evaluate the logarithm any more efficiently that repeated division > by > > 3? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > > > > You could compute the logarithm of the number to the base 3 and see if > > > the result is an integer. > > > > > Dave > > > > > On Sep 21, 12:22 pm, Anshya Aggarwal <anshya.aggar...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > how to find that whether the given number was of the form 3^n. ( i.e. > 3 > > > to > > > > the power n). > > > > one way is to recursively divide the number by 3 and check the > remainder. > > > > Is there any other way using bit manipulation or anything else?? > > > > > > -- > > > > Anshya Aggarwal > > > > -- > > Yesterday is History. > > Tomorrow is a Mystery. > > Today is a Gift! That is why it is called the Present :). > > > > http://sites.google.com/site/ramaswamyr- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Hari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---