@hemesh :- please explain your approach

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Amol Sharma <amolsharm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> @hemesh,kk:
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> let's take a test case :
> arr        : 2 4 6 8
> arr^2     : 6 8 10 10 12 14            (sum of each unique pair in arr[i])
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> let's say target sum is 26
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> your solution will return true as they 12+14=26 but in 12 and 14, 8 is
> common, infact 26  is not possible in the given array
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> can u please elaborate how will you take care of such situation ?
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> @jalaj:
> yes it's O( (n^3)*logn)
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> @bhavesh:
> fyi..
> log(n^3)=3*log(n)=O(log(n))
> so it's same.. :P
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> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:29 AM, KK <kunalkapadi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> @Hemesh : +1
>> @Jalaj : read Hemesh's solution again it is for 4sum.
>> In short, make a new array having sum of each unique pair of given array.
>> -> O(n^2)
>> sort it -> O(n^2)
>> for each number bi in new array, binary search (target - bi) in the same
>> array -> O(n^2)
>>
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>> On Sunday, 17 June 2012 12:41:40 UTC+5:30, Jalaj wrote:
>>>
>>> The solution which hemesh gave was solution to 3SUM hard problem the
>>> best solution for which can be achieved in n^2 .
>>> And the original question is a kind of 4SUM hard problem for which best
>>> possible solution i think is again n^3 and Amol what you told is not n^3 ,
>>> finding all triplets will itself take n^3 and doing a binary search again
>>> that sums upto n^3*logn.
>>>
>>> @shashank it is not a variation of 3SUM problem as in 3SUM problem a+b+c
>>> = some constant , but in your case it is "b+c+d = s-a", where a can change
>>> again and again so if you do even apply 3SUM logic to it you will have to
>>> do it for every a which will make it n^2*n = n^3
>>>
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>>> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 2:45 AM, sanjay pandey <
>>> sanjaypandey...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> @hemesh cud u plz elaborate wat is   b[k]=a[i]+a[j]...n also ur
>>>> solution...
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