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Problem 214: Totient Chains
(see projecteuler.net/problem=214)
Let phi be Euler's totient function, i.e. for a natural number n, phi(n) is the number of k, 1 <= k <= n, for which gcd(k,n) = 1.
By iterating phi, each positive integer generates a decreasing chain of numbers ending in 1.
E.g. if we start with 5 the sequence 5,4,2,1 is generated.
Here is a listing of all chains with length 4:
5,4,2,1
7,6,2,1
8,4,2,1
9,6,2,1
10,4,2,1
12,4,2,1
14,6,2,1
18,6,2,1
Only two of these chains start with a prime, their sum is 12.
What is the sum of all primes less than 40000000 which generate a chain of length 25?
My Algorithm
I copied phi()
from problem 70 (and removed the minQuotient
parameter). Then I copied a prime sieve from my toolbox.
The steps()
function determines the totient chain length: it apply x = phi(x)
until x
is 1.
I added two performance optimizations:
- abort if chain length exceeds 25 (
maxSteps
) - if
x
is a power of two, that means only a single bit is set, then phi(x) = log_2(x) (shift right until that bit is in the right-most position)
Alternative Approaches
Instead of chasing down the chains you can go the other way around:
- set
steps[0] = steps[1] = 1
, thensteps[x] = steps[phi(x)]
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This is equivalent toecho "10 1000" | ./214
Output:
Note: the original problem's input 25 40000000
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.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
std::vector<unsigned int> primes;
// return Euler totient (taken from problem 70 and slightly modified)
unsigned int phi(unsigned int x)
{
// totient function can be computed by finding all prime factors p
// and subtracting them from x
auto result = x;
auto reduced = x;
for (auto p : primes)
{
// prime factors have to be p <= sqrt
if (p*p > reduced)
break;
// not a prime factor ...
if (reduced % p != 0)
continue;
// prime factors may occur multiple times, remove them all
do
{
reduced /= p;
} while (reduced % p == 0);
// but subtract from result only once
result -= result / p;
}
// we only checked prime factors <= sqrt(x)
// there might exist one (!) prime factor > sqrt(x)
// e.g. 3 is a prime factor of 6, and 3 > sqrt(6)
if (reduced > 1)
result -= result / reduced;
return result;
}
// count length of totient chain, abort if more than maxSteps
unsigned int steps(unsigned int x, unsigned int maxSteps)
{
unsigned int result = 1; // initial value is counted as a step, too
// if x is prime, then phi(x) = x - 1
x--;
result++;
// follow chain until we hit 1 or the chain becomes too long
while (x > 1 && result < maxSteps)
{
// one more step ...
x = phi(x);
result++;
// power of two ? (only a single bit set)
if ((x & (x - 1)) == 0)
{
// simple chain for powers of two:
// ... => 1024 => 512 => 256 => 128 => ... => 4 => 2 => 1
while (x > 1)
{
x >>= 1;
result++;
}
}
}
return result;
}
// sieve is copied from my toolbox
// odd prime numbers are marked as "true" in a bitvector
std::vector<bool> sieve;
// return true, if x is a prime number
bool isPrime(unsigned int x)
{
// handle even numbers
if ((x & 1) == 0)
return x == 2;
// lookup for odd numbers
return sieve[x >> 1];
}
// find all prime numbers from 2 to size
void fillSieve(unsigned int size)
{
// store only odd numbers
const unsigned int half = size >> 1;
// allocate memory
sieve.resize(half, true);
// 1 is not a prime number
sieve[0] = false;
// process all relevant prime factors
for (unsigned int i = 1; 2*i*i < half; i++)
// do we have a prime factor ?
if (sieve[i])
{
// mark all its multiples as false
unsigned int current = 3*i+1;
while (current < half)
{
sieve[current] = false;
current += 2*i+1;
}
}
}
int main()
{
unsigned long long result = 0;
unsigned int limit = 40000000;
unsigned int maxSteps = 25;
std::cin >> maxSteps >> limit;
// start the prime sieve
fillSieve(limit);
// convert sieve to a "denser" data structure for phi(x)
primes.push_back(2);
for (unsigned int i = 3; i < limit; i += 2)
{
// check bits in sieve
if (!isPrime(i))
continue;
// phi(i) needs only primes smaller than sqrt(i)
if (i*i <= limit)
primes.push_back(i);
// primes need to be quite large to generate a long chain ...
if (maxSteps == 25 && i < 9548417) // note: "magic constant" found in experiments
continue;
// compute chain
unsigned int current = steps(i, maxSteps + 1);
if (current == maxSteps)
result += i;
}
std::cout << result << std::endl;
return 0;
}
This solution contains 28 empty lines, 35 comments and 2 preprocessor commands.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in 2.7 seconds on an Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz.
Peak memory usage was about 5 MByte.
(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
June 20, 2017 submitted solution
June 20, 2017 added comments
Difficulty
Project Euler ranks this problem at 40% (out of 100%).
Similar problems at Project Euler
Problem 351: Hexagonal orchards
Note: I'm not even close to solving all problems at Project Euler. Chances are that similar problems do exist and I just haven't looked at them.
Links
projecteuler.net/thread=214 - the best forum on the subject (note: you have to submit the correct solution first)
Code in various languages:
Python github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/python/p214.py (written by Nayuki)
C++ github.com/Meng-Gen/ProjectEuler/blob/master/214.cc (written by Meng-Gen Tsai)
C++ github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/214.cpp (written by Yuping Luo)
Java github.com/dcrousso/ProjectEuler/blob/master/PE214.java (written by Devin Rousso)
Java github.com/HaochenLiu/My-Project-Euler/blob/master/214.java (written by Haochen Liu)
Java github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/java/p214.java (written by Nayuki)
Java github.com/thrap/project-euler/blob/master/src/Java/Problem214.java (written by Magnus Solheim Thrap)
Go github.com/frrad/project-euler/blob/master/golang/Problem214.go (written by Frederick Robinson)
Mathematica github.com/steve98654/ProjectEuler/blob/master/214.nb
Clojure github.com/guillaume-nargeot/project-euler-clojure/blob/master/src/project_euler/problem_214.clj (written by Guillaume Nargeot)
Clojure github.com/rm-hull/project-euler/blob/master/src/euler214.clj (written by Richard Hull)
Perl github.com/gustafe/projecteuler/blob/master/214-Totient-Chains.pl (written by Gustaf Erikson)
Perl github.com/shlomif/project-euler/blob/master/project-euler/214/euler-214-v1.pl (written by Shlomi Fish)
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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[new] | the flashing problem is the one I solved most recently |
I stopped working on Project Euler problems around the time they released 617.
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Copyright
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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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