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

2011-12-10 Thread tech coder
u people absolutely correct that log operation take much time , i just given an approach On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @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

[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] Re: Number Theory (Power of 3 )

2011-12-07 Thread tech coder
what about this log(base 3 n) is of integral type then n is a power of 3 On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @Carl: You can generate the constants the first time the procedure is called. There is no need to do them every time. So the first call would be

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

2011-12-07 Thread saurabh singh
Originaly problem rules out the use of log.Moreover log (or any floating point operations) take lot of hardware time as they are emulated on the floating point environment on most machines.Thirdly precision problem for higher values of n may cause your solution to give wron g answers,,, On Wed,

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

2011-12-05 Thread WgpShashank
@SAMMM have a look * *solution is to keep dividing the number by 3, i.e, do n = n/3 iteratively. In any iteration, if n%3 becomes non-zero and n is not 1 then n is not a power of 3, otherwise n is a power of 3 check it out ? http://codepad.org/863ptoBE Thanks Shashank Computer Science BIT

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

2011-12-05 Thread Dave
@WgpShashank: Yours is an O(log n) solution. Mine is O(1). Dave On Dec 5, 6:21 am, WgpShashank shashank7andr...@gmail.com wrote: @SAMMM  have a look * *solution is to keep dividing the number by 3, i.e, do n = n/3 iteratively. In any iteration, if n%3 becomes non-zero and n is not 1 then n

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

2011-12-05 Thread Carl Barton
@Dave Yours only works for a certain subset of all possible powers or 3 doesn't it? So WgpShashank's would be more general? On 5 December 2011 14:30, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @WgpShashank: Yours is an O(log n) solution. Mine is O(1). Dave On Dec 5, 6:21 am, WgpShashank

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

2011-12-05 Thread Dave
@Carl: Yes, as coded, my algorithm is for 32-bit integers. But the original poster asked for a solution using bit manipulation, and modulus and division are arithmetic operations, not bit operations. Dave On Dec 5, 8:56 am, Carl Barton odysseus.ulys...@gmail.com wrote: @Dave Yours only works

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

2011-12-05 Thread Carl Barton
Ah I see, in which case could you not generalise your solution for all integers? By taking into account the size of words on the computer for example? On 5 December 2011 15:09, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @Carl: Yes, as coded, my algorithm is for 32-bit integers. But the original

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

2011-12-05 Thread Dave
@Carl: Of course. For any given word size, extend the tables of powers of 2 and of 3 and change the for loop limit. Dave On Dec 5, 9:36 am, Carl Barton odysseus.ulys...@gmail.com wrote: Ah I see, in which case could you not generalise your solution for all integers? By taking into account the

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

2011-12-05 Thread Carl Barton
Sorry, I was being a bit vague. I meant what would the time complexity be then? As I understand your Constant time is Dependant on the constant pre computation you do, which is no longer the case when you generalise On 5 December 2011 16:14, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @Carl: Of course.

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

2011-12-05 Thread Dave
@Carl: You can generate the constants the first time the procedure is called. There is no need to do them every time. So the first call would be O(wordsize) but subsequent calls are O(1). Dave On Dec 5, 10:28 am, Carl Barton odysseus.ulys...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I was being a bit vague. I

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

2011-11-28 Thread Dave
@SAMM: Something like this might work: bool PowerOfThree(unsigned int n) { int powsof2[5] = {16,8,4,2,1}; int powsof3[32] = {1,3,0,9,27,0,81,243,0,729,0,2187,6561,0,19683,59049,0,177147,0,531441,1594323,0, 4782969,14348907,0,43046721,129140163,0,387420489,0,1162261467,3486784401};

[algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Vijay Kansal
@nitin it must be 2^n i think On Aug 17, 3:48 am, Bharat Kul Ratan bharat.kra...@gmail.com wrote: It might be useful:http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/Partition_%28combin... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group.

[algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Vijay Kansal
my bad 2^(n-1)... On Aug 17, 2:17 pm, Vijay Kansal vijaykans...@gmail.com wrote: @nitin it must be 2^n i think On Aug 17, 3:48 am, Bharat Kul Ratan bharat.kra...@gmail.com wrote: It might be useful:http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/Partition_%28combin... -- You

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Rohit Srivastava
+1 to nitin On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Vijay Kansal vijaykans...@gmail.comwrote: my bad 2^(n-1)... On Aug 17, 2:17 pm, Vijay Kansal vijaykans...@gmail.com wrote: @nitin it must be 2^n i think On Aug 17, 3:48 am, Bharat Kul Ratan bharat.kra...@gmail.com wrote: It

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Puneet Goyal
I think it should be 2^n -1 Explanation We can visualize it as n balls are placed and we have to place some dividers (max=n) in betweek to divide them into groups. If we choose no divider its nC0 , but we dont have to include it With 1 divider its nC1 and so on.. So the total no. of ways will be

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Nitin Nizhawan
@Puneet, you are right but we can have only n-1 dividers. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Puneet Goyal puneetgoya...@gmail.comwrote: I think it should be 2^n -1 Explanation We can visualize it as n balls are placed and we have to place some dividers (max=n) in betweek to divide them into

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-17 Thread Puneet Goyal
+1 nitin there must be n-1 dividers On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Puneet Goyal puneetgoya...@gmail.comwrote: I think it should be 2^n -1 Explanation We can visualize it as n balls are placed and we have to place some dividers (max=n) in betweek to divide them into groups. If we choose

[algogeeks] Re: Number theory

2011-08-16 Thread Brijesh Upadhyay
Actually it was one of the assignments given to me in lab.. here is the code #include iostream.h #include conio.h using namespace std; int a[20][20][20]; // Global declration to make every cell's default value to zero // 3D matrix to implement the algorithm void combinations(int number) //