Use the property that one of the diagonals has squares of odd numbers.
So given a co-ordinate in that diagonal you know the number at that
position. For positions not on that diagonal you can add/subtract
appropriately and obtain the number you need.
-Dhyanesh
On 10/18/07, mukesh tiwari [EMAIL
On 10/18/07, mukesh tiwari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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let the coordinate of 1 is (0,0) ie origin then
Check out these 2 links which discuss the same problem. Some codes are also
posted.
http://groups.google.com/group/programming-challenges/browse_thread/thread/88bcbea02029c2bf
http://groups.google.com/group/programming-challenges/browse_thread/thread/9acf71cb87e9ffd3
This is a good group
