Re: [algogeeks] Number Theory (Power of 3 )

2011-12-09 Thread Gaurav Kumar
What if we create a base 3 number from the given number N and then check if there is only 1 bit with value 1 and all values should be 0. For example, if lets say the number is 27. Its base 3 number will be 1 0 0 0, now since there is only 1 single 1 present in this representation, it is a power

[algogeeks] Re: Number Theory (Power of 3 )

2011-12-09 Thread Dave
@Gaurav: Even though this is O(log n), it is bound to be slow, since it would use division and modulus are among the slowest operations on modern computers, some of which don't even have an integer division instruction. Here is a revision to my earlier code, for 32-bit integers. It should be

Re: [algogeeks] Sub-array problem

2011-12-09 Thread Gaurav Kumar
I think we can also solve this using divide and conquer: The algorithm is based on the concept of diving the current array into two parts and then considering if the solution exists, in the first part from lo to mid and last part from mid+1 to high and the case in which the subarray crosses

[algogeeks] Amazon interview

2011-12-09 Thread pa7751
Hi Has anyone appeared for interview in Amazon India? Could anyone please suggest how the interview pattern is? What are the best URL's where we can find good material to prepare for the interview? Any sample interview questions would really help. Thanks -- You received this message because