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Problem 103: Special subset sums: optimum
(see projecteuler.net/problem=103)
Let S(A) represent the sum of elements in set A of size n. We shall call it a special sum set if for any two non-empty disjoint subsets,
B and C, the following properties are true:
i. S(B) != S(C); that is, sums of subsets cannot be equal.
ii. If B contains more elements than C then S(B) > S(C).
If S(A) is minimised for a given n, we shall call it an optimum special sum set.
The first five optimum special sum sets are given below.
n = 1: { 1 }
n = 2: { 1, 2 }
n = 3: { 2, 3, 4 }
n = 4: { 3, 5, 6, 7 }
n = 5: { 6, 9, 11, 12, 13 }
It seems that for a given optimum set, A = {a_1, a_2, ... , a_n}, the next optimum set is of the form B = {b, a_1+b, a_2+b, ... ,a_n+b}, where b is the "middle" element on the previous row.
By applying this "rule" we would expect the optimum set for n = 6 to be A = { 11, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24 }, with S(A) = 117.
However, this is not the optimum set, as we have merely applied an algorithm to provide a near optimum set.
The optimum set for n = 6 is A = { 11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25 }, with S(A) = 115 and corresponding set string: 111819202225
.
Given that A is an optimum special sum set for n = 7, find its set string.
NOTE: This problem is related to Problem 105 and Problem 106.
My Algorithm
search
recursively produces all ascending sequences where all elements are between minElement
and maxElement
.
check
returns true
if the set is "special" by analyzing all subsets:
each number is either part or not part of a subset. That can be encoding by a single bit which is 0 (no) or 1 (yes).
Then there are 2^size combinations → I just run a counter named mask
from 0000000
to 1111111
(actually, 0000000
represents the empty set and can be skipped).
For each sum I encounter along the way, I set a bit in sums
. It must never be set twice (first rule).
Moreover, I track the lower and highest sum for each number of elements.
If the highest sum of all n-element subsets is higher than then lowest sum of (n+1)-subsets then rule 2 was violated.
All successfully verified sequences are stored in an ordered set solution
and the first one is printed.
Modifications by HackerRank
My simple brute-force approach produces only time-outs.
There is a certain generating function I haven't fully figured out. All I see is that x[2n+1] = x[2n] and x[2m] = x[2m-1] - ?.
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This is equivalent toecho 6 | ./103
Output:
Note: the original problem's input 7
cannot be entered
because just copying results is a soft skill reserved for idiots.
(this interactive test is still under development, computations will be aborted after one second)
My code
… was written in C++11 and can be compiled with G++, Clang++, Visual C++. You can download it, too. Or just jump to my GitHub repository.
The code contains #ifdef
s to switch between the original problem and the Hackerrank version.
Enable #ifdef ORIGINAL
to produce the result for the original problem (default setting for most problems).
#define ORIGINAL
#ifdef ORIGINAL
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
typedef std::vector<unsigned int> Sequence;
std::map<unsigned int, Sequence> solutions;
// number of elements in full set
unsigned int finalSize;
// lower limit for the smallest element
unsigned int minElement;
// upper limit for the biggest element
unsigned int maxElement;
// return true if sequence is special
bool check(const Sequence& sequence)
{
// sum of all elements
unsigned int fullSum = 0;
for (auto x : sequence)
fullSum += x;
// mark each generated sum as true, no collisions allowed
std::vector<bool> sums(fullSum + 1, false);
// track the lowest and highest sum for each subset size
std::vector<unsigned int> maxSum(sequence.size() + 1, 0);
std::vector<unsigned int> minSum(sequence.size() + 1, fullSum + 1);
minSum[0] = maxSum[0] = 0; // empty set
unsigned int fullMask = (1 << sequence.size()) - 1;
// 2^elements iterations (actually, I ignore the empty set)
for (unsigned int mask = 1; mask <= fullMask; mask++)
{
unsigned int sum = 0;
unsigned int size = 0;
for (unsigned int element = 0; element < sequence.size(); element++)
{
// use that element ?
unsigned int bit = 1 << element;
if ((mask & bit) == 0)
continue;
sum += sequence[element];
// count subset size
size++;
}
// two subsets share the same sum ?
if (sums[sum])
return false;
sums[sum] = true;
// adjust lowest and highest sum of current subset
if (minSum[size] > sum)
minSum[size] = sum;
if (maxSum[size] < sum)
maxSum[size] = sum;
}
// make sure that no set will fewer elements has a higher sum
for (size_t i = 1; i < sequence.size(); i++)
if (maxSum[i] > minSum[i + 1])
return false;
// yes, have another solution
solutions[fullSum] = sequence;
return true;
}
// enumerate all sequences where each number is between minElement and maxElement and a_i > a_j if i > j
void search(Sequence& sequence) // manipulate in-place
{
// enough elements ? check whether it is "special"
if (sequence.size() == finalSize)
{
check(sequence);
return;
}
// all numbers which are bigger than the predecessor
auto last = sequence.empty() ? minElement - 1 : sequence.back(); // minus 1 because last always adds 1
for (unsigned int i = last + 1; i <= maxElement; i++)
{
sequence.push_back(i);
// go deeper ...
search(sequence);
sequence.pop_back();
}
}
int main()
{
// read set size
std::cin >> finalSize;
// crude heuristics for the lower and upper limits
minElement = 1;
maxElement = 10;
if (finalSize >= 5)
{
maxElement = finalSize * finalSize;
minElement = maxElement / 4;
}
Sequence empty;
search(empty);
// `n = 1: { 1 }`
// `n = 2: { 1, 2 }`
// `n = 3: { 2, 3, 4 }`
// `n = 4: { 3, 5, 6, 7 }`
// `n = 5: { 6, 9, 11, 12, 13 }`
// `n = 6: { 11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25 }`
for (auto s : solutions)
{
for (auto x : s.second)
std::cout << x;
break;
}
return 0;
}
#else
// heavily modified Hackerrank problem
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
typedef std::vector<unsigned int> Sequence;
// apply near-optimal algorithm to increase sequence by one element
// my algorithm builds the sequence in reverse
void next(Sequence& sequence) // modify in-place
{
auto middle = sequence[(sequence.size() - 1) / 2];
for (auto& x : sequence)
x = (x + middle) % 1000000007;
sequence.push_back(middle);
}
int main()
{
unsigned int length;
std::cin >> length;
Sequence sequence = { 1 };
sequence.reserve(length);
for (unsigned int i = 2; i <= length; i++)
next(sequence);
for (auto i = sequence.rbegin(); i != sequence.rend(); i++)
std::cout << *i << " ";
std::cout << std::endl;
return 0;
}
#endif
This solution contains 31 empty lines, 29 comments and 9 preprocessor commands.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in 4.3 seconds on an Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz.
(compiled for x86_64 / Linux, GCC flags: -O3 -march=native -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -std=gnu++11 -DORIGINAL
)
See here for a comparison of all solutions.
Note: interactive tests run on a weaker (=slower) computer. Some interactive tests are compiled without -DORIGINAL
.
Changelog
May 16, 2017 submitted solution
May 16, 2017 added comments
Hackerrank
see https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/projecteuler/challenges/euler103
My code solves 1 out of 31 test cases (score: 0%)
I failed 0 test cases due to wrong answers and 30 because of timeouts
Difficulty
Project Euler ranks this problem at 45% (out of 100%).
Hackerrank describes this problem as easy.
Note:
Hackerrank has strict execution time limits (typically 2 seconds for C++ code) and often a much wider input range than the original problem.
In my opinion, Hackerrank's modified problems are usually a lot harder to solve. As a rule thumb: brute-force is rarely an option.
Links
projecteuler.net/thread=103 - the best forum on the subject (note: you have to submit the correct solution first)
Code in various languages:
C# www.mathblog.dk/project-euler-103-special-subset-sum/ (written by Kristian Edlund)
C# github.com/HaochenLiu/My-Project-Euler/blob/master/103.cs (written by Haochen Liu)
C++ github.com/Meng-Gen/ProjectEuler/blob/master/103.cc (written by Meng-Gen Tsai)
C++ github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/103.cpp (written by Yuping Luo)
C++ github.com/smacke/project-euler/blob/master/cpp/103.cpp (written by Stephen Macke)
Java github.com/thrap/project-euler/blob/master/src/Java/Problem103.java (written by Magnus Solheim Thrap)
Go github.com/frrad/project-euler/blob/master/golang/Problem103.go (written by Frederick Robinson)
Mathematica github.com/steve98654/ProjectEuler/blob/master/103.nb
Scala github.com/samskivert/euler-scala/blob/master/Euler103.scala (written by Michael Bayne)
Perl github.com/gustafe/projecteuler/blob/master/103-Special-subset-sums-optimum.pl (written by Gustaf Erikson)
Perl github.com/shlomif/project-euler/blob/master/project-euler/103/euler-103.pl (written by Shlomi Fish)
Rust github.com/gifnksm/ProjectEulerRust/blob/master/src/bin/p103.rs
Those links are just an unordered selection of source code I found with a semi-automatic search script on Google/Bing/GitHub/whatever.
You will probably stumble upon better solutions when searching on your own.
Maybe not all linked resources produce the correct result and/or exceed time/memory limits.
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I stopped working on Project Euler problems around the time they released 617.
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I scored 13526 points (out of 15700 possible points, top rank was 17 out of ≈60000 in August 2017) at Hackerrank's Project Euler+.
My username at Project Euler is stephanbrumme while it's stbrumme at Hackerrank.
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Copyright
I hope you enjoy my code and learn something - or give me feedback how I can improve my solutions.
All of my solutions can be used for any purpose and I am in no way liable for any damages caused.
You can even remove my name and claim it's yours. But then you shall burn in hell.
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