[algogeeks] Re: Google Interview Question

2011-05-27 Thread xeron!x
No, Kadane's algorithm considers subarray sum, we are considering concatenation ( for whole array ). The solution with custom string comparator : http://ideone.com/doASH. On May 27, 9:15 pm, Supraja Jayakumar suprajasank...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Isnt this the Kadane's (largest subarray) problem

[algogeeks] Re: [brain teaser ] Math Prime number puzzle 15april

2011-04-15 Thread xeron!x
Any prime number greater than 3 is congruent to 1 or 5 mod 6. a is a prime number = a % 6 == 1 or a % 6 == 5 a*a + 26 != prime for a = 2,3 for a 3: if a % 6 == 1: (a*a)%6 == 1 and 26 % 6 = 2 = ( a*a + 26 ) % 6 = 3 = not prime if a % 6 == 5: (a*a)%6 == (a%6)*(a%6)%6 = (5*5)%6 = 1 = ( a*a +