PotentialArithmeticSequence
SRM 632 - TCO14 Wildcard Sweep · 2014-08-25 · by dreamoon
Problem Statement
We have a sequence of N positive integers: a[0] through a[N-1].
You do not know these integers.
All you know is the number of trailing zeros in their binary representations.
You are given a
For example, suppose that a[0]=40. In binary, 40 is 101000 which ends in three zeros. Therefore, d[0] will be 3.
You like arithmetic sequences with difference 1. (That is, sequences in which each element is 1 greater than the previous one. For example, {4,5,6,7}.) For simplicity, we will call these sequences "incrementing sequences".
You would like to count all non-empty contiguous subsequences of the sequence a[0], a[1], ..., a[N-1] that can be incrementing sequences (given the information you have in d).
More precisely: For each pair (i,j) such that 0 <= i <= j <= N-1, we ask the following question: "Given the values d[i] through d[j], is it possible that the values a[i] through a[j] form an incrementing sequence?"
For example, suppose that d = {0,1,0,2,1}. For i=0 and j=3 the answer is positive: it is possible that the values a[0] through a[3] are {1,2,3,4} which is an incrementing sequence. For i=1 and j=4 the answer is negative: there is no incrementing sequence with these numbers of trailing zeros in binary.
Compute and return the number of contiguous subsequences of a[0], a[1], ..., a[N-1] that can be incrementing sequences.
Constraints
- n will be between 1 and 50, inclusive.
- d will contain exactly N elements.
- Each element of d will be between 0 and 1,000,000,000 (10^9), inclusive.
{0,1,0,2,0,1,0}
Returns: 28
It is possible that the sequence a[0] through a[6] is {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. All contiguous subsequences of this sequence are incrementing sequences.
{0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
Returns: 7
{0,0,0,0,1,1,1}
Returns: 8
{0,100,0,2,0}
Returns: 11
{1,11,3,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,20}
Returns: 49
Submissions are judged against all 62 archived test cases, of which 5 are shown here. Case numbers match the judge’s.
Language: C++17 · define a public class PotentialArithmeticSequence with a public method int numberOfSubsequences(vector<int> d) · 62 test cases · 2 s / 256 MB per case