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Problem 229: Four Representations using Squares
(see projecteuler.net/problem=229)
Consider the number 3600. It is very special, because
3600 = 48^2 + 36^2
3600 = 20^2 + 2 * 40^2
3600 = 30^2 + 3 * 30^2
3600 = 45^2 + 7 * 15^2
Similarly, we find that 88201 = 99^2 + 280^2 = 287^2 + 2 * 54^2 = 283^2 + 3 * 52^2 = 197^2 + 7 * 84^2.
In 1747, Euler proved which numbers are representable as a sum of two squares.
We are interested in the numbers n which admit representations of all of the following four types:
n = a_1^2 + b_1^2
n = a_2^2 + 2 b_2^2
n = a_3^2 + 3 b_3^2
n = a_7^2 + 7 b_7^2,
where the a_k and b_k are positive integers.
There are 75373 such numbers that do not exceed 10^7.
How many such numbers are there that do not exceed 2 * 10^9?
My Algorithm
My program works similar to a prime sieve:
Two nested loops generate all a
and b
and then mark all x = a^2 + k * b^2 (where k \in { 1,2,3,7 }).
It's possible that there are multiple combinations of a and b for the same k.
Therefore I use four bits because there are four different k.
The naive approach needs 2 GByte RAM. A substantial part of my code is dedicated to process all x in a rolling fashion:
Iterate over all a and then over all b but restrict b in such a way that x = a^2 + k * b^2 is in a certain range.
My current design processes 1 million x at once - which requires 1 MByte RAM and fits nicely in my CPU L2 cache.
The four arrays b1
, b2
, b3
and b7
store the minimum b
for each a
for the current slice / range.
Alternative Approaches
Some people came up with smart insights regarding special properties of the matching numbers modulo 168.
Apparantly you can solve the problem in 1 second. Mine needs about 11 seconds.
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This is equivalent toecho 10000000 | ./229
Output:
Note: the original problem's input 2000000000
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>
#include <cmath>
const unsigned int SliceSize = 1000*1000;
// bitmasks of for a^2 + k * b^2
const unsigned char One = 1 << 0; // k = 1
const unsigned char Two = 1 << 1; // k = 2
const unsigned char Three = 1 << 2; // k = 3
const unsigned char Seven = 1 << 3; // k = 7
// every matching number must have all four bits set
const unsigned char All = One | Two | Three | Seven;
int main()
{
unsigned int limit = 2*1000*1000*1000;
std::cin >> limit;
// how many numbers match the criteria
unsigned int count = 0;
// contains bitmasks for the current slice
std::vector<unsigned char> used(SliceSize, 0);
// store start values of b for each factor k=1,2,3,7
unsigned int maxA = sqrt(limit);
std::vector<unsigned int> b1(maxA + 1, 1);
std::vector<unsigned int> b2(maxA + 1, 1);
std::vector<unsigned int> b3(maxA + 1, 1);
std::vector<unsigned int> b7(maxA + 1, 1);
// split into slices
unsigned int from = 0;
while (from < limit)
{
// size of current slice
unsigned int to = from + SliceSize;
if (to > limit)
to = limit;
// process all a and b where a^2+kb^2 is within the current slice
for (unsigned int a = 1; a*a + b1[a]*b1[a] < to; a++)
{
// a^2 + b^2
unsigned int b = b1[a];
for (; a*a + b*b < to; b++)
used[a*a + b*b - from] |= One;
b1[a] = b;
// a^2 + 2b^2
b = b2[a];
for (; a*a + 2*b*b < to; b++)
used[a*a + 2*b*b - from] |= Two;
b2[a] = b;
// a^2 + 3b^2
b = b3[a];
for (; a*a + 3*b*b < to; b++)
used[a*a + 3*b*b - from] |= Three;
b3[a] = b;
// a^2 + 7b^2
b = b7[a];
for (; a*a + 7*b*b < to; b++)
used[a*a + 7*b*b - from] |= Seven;
b7[a] = b;
}
// count all matching numbers
for (auto& x : used)
{
if (x == All)
count++;
// reset for next iteration
x = 0;
}
from = to;
}
std::cout << count << std::endl;
return 0;
}
This solution contains 15 empty lines, 14 comments and 3 preprocessor commands.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in 10.5 seconds on an Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz.
Peak memory usage was about 4 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 21, 2017 submitted solution
June 21, 2017 added comments
Difficulty
Project Euler ranks this problem at 70% (out of 100%).
Links
projecteuler.net/thread=229 - the best forum on the subject (note: you have to submit the correct solution first)
Code in various languages:
Python github.com/hughdbrown/Project-Euler/blob/master/euler-229.py (written by Hugh Brown)
C++ github.com/Meng-Gen/ProjectEuler/blob/master/229.cc (written by Meng-Gen Tsai)
C++ github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/229.cpp (written by Yuping Luo)
C github.com/LaurentMazare/ProjectEuler/blob/master/e229.c (written by Laurent Mazare)
Java github.com/thrap/project-euler/blob/master/src/Java/Problem229.java (written by Magnus Solheim Thrap)
Mathematica github.com/steve98654/ProjectEuler/blob/master/229.nb
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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You can even remove my name and claim it's yours. But then you shall burn in hell.
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