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Problem 510: Tangent Circles
(see projecteuler.net/problem=510)
Circles A and B are tangent to each other and to line L at three distinct points.
Circle C is inside the space between A, B and L, and tangent to all three.
Let r_A, r_B and r_C be the radii of A, B and C respectively.
Let S(n) = sum{r_A + r_B + r_C}, for 0 < r_A <= r_B <= n where r_A, r_B and r_C are integers.
The only solution for 0 < r_A <= r_B <= 5 is r_A = 4, r_B = 4 and r_C = 1, so S(5) = 4 + 4 + 1 = 9.
You are also given S(100) = 3072.
Find S(10^9).
My Algorithm
A simple bruteForce()
function easily verifies S(100) (and even manages to solve S(1000))
but then falls apart due to rounding problems and - more import - performance issues.
However, it reveals a few things:
- most solutions are multiples of (4,4,1)
- and in general: for each solution all of its multiples are solutions, too
- if I remove these multiples, then the basic solutions are squares only
(which is not really solved yet: I still have some severe performance issues but they aren't related to the geometric solution).
Anyway, I learnt that these kind of problems have been around for ages and were analyzed by Appolonius more than 2000 years ago (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_Apollonius).
Renè Descartes found a great equation (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes'_theorem) if four circles touch each other and their curvature is k = 1 / r
(1) (k_1 + k_2 + k_3 + k_4)^2 = 2 (k_1^2 + k_2^2 + k_3^2 + k_4^2)
Unfortunately, I don't have four but three circles and a line ...
and fortunately, if I set k = 0 then the formula solves the case of three circles and a line, too !
Now the whole equation simplifies to
(2) (k_A + k_B + k_C)^2 = 2 (k_A^2 + k_B^2 + k_C^2)
If I solve for k_C then
(3) sqrt{k_C} = sqrt{k_A} + sqrt{k_B}
And with regards to the radii instead of the curvatures (remember: k = 1 / r)
(4) dfrac{1}{sqrt{r_C}} = dfrac{1}{sqrt{r_A}} + dfrac{1}{sqrt{r_B}}
As I said before, all solutions are squares (or multiples of squares).
If I assume a = sqrt{r_A} and b = sqrt{r_B} and c = sqrt{r_C} then:
(5) dfrac{1}{c} = dfrac{1}{a} + dfrac{1}{b}
Solved for c
(6) c = dfrac{ab}{a+b}
My program iterates over all a and b where b < a (that's different from the problem statement but it doesn't affect the result).
If a^2 b^2 is a multiple of a^2 + b^2 then I have found another c^2.
That means I have found a triple (a^2, b^2, c^2) = (r_A, r_B, r_C).
It's possible that the multiples of squares are squares, too.
Therefore I have to make sure that they are coprime (gcd(a,b,c) = 1) otherwise they would be counted twice.
The sum of all multiples of r_A + r_B + r_C is based on the triangular numbers (see
triangle()
).If m is the number of multiples of a basic solution:
(7) m = dfrac{limit}{r_A} → because I defined r_A >= r_B
(8) sum_{k=1..m}{k} = dfrac{m(m+1)}{2}
(9) sum_{k=1..m}{k (r_A + r_B + r_C)} = (r_A + r_B + r_C) dfrac{m(m+1)}{2}
Alternative Approaches
After submitting my solution I saw in the Project Euler forum that you can heavily re-arrange the for
-loops such that the solution is found in a few milliseconds.
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This is equivalent toecho 100 | ./510
Output:
Note: the original problem's input 1000000000
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 <cmath>
// ---------- taken from my toolbox ----------
// greatest common divisor
template <typename T>
T gcd(T a, T b)
{
while (a != 0)
{
T c = a;
a = b % a;
b = c;
}
return b;
}
// ---------- brute force solution (not used anymore) ----------
// try all combinations of a,b,c
unsigned int bruteForce(unsigned int limit)
{
// accept solution if left side of the equation of Descartes theorem
// doesn't differ by more than epsilon from the right side
const double Epsilon = 0.0000000000001;
// sum of all valid a,b,c
unsigned int result = 0;
for (unsigned int a = 1; a <= limit; a++)
for (unsigned int b = 1; b <= a; b++)
for (unsigned int c = 1; c <= b; c++)
{
// curvatures
double k1 = 1.0 / a;
double k2 = 1.0 / b;
double k3 = 1.0 / c;
// both sides of the equation
double leftSide = (k1 + k2 + k3) * (k1 + k2 + k3);
double rightSide = 2 * (k1*k1 + k2*k2 + k3*k3);
// acceptable error ?
if (fabs(leftSide - rightSide) < Epsilon)
{
auto sum = a + b + c;
//std::cout << a << "+" << b << "+" << c << "=" << sum << std::endl;
result += sum;
}
}
return result;
}
// ---------- relevant code ----------
// compute triangular number
unsigned long long triangle(unsigned int n)
{
// sum of 1+2+3+...+n
// see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_number
unsigned long long nn = n;
return nn * (nn + 1) / 2;
}
typedef long long Number;
unsigned long long evaluate(unsigned int limit)
{
// all multiples of the basic 4+4+1 solution
unsigned long long result = 0;
// all multiples of a^2, b^2, c^2
// where 1/c2 = (1/a2 + 1/b2) + 2sqrt(1/a2 * 1/b2)
// => sqrt(1/c2) = sqrt(1/a2) + sqrt(1/b2)
// => 1/c = 1/a + 1/b
// => c = a*b / (a+b)
for (unsigned long long a = 1; a*a < limit; a++)
for (unsigned long long b = 1; b <= a; b++)
{
// numerator = a*a * b*b
auto a2 = a*a;
auto b2 = b*b;
auto numerator = a2 * b2;
// denominator = (a+b)^2
auto denominator = (a+b) * (a+b);
// c^2 must be an integer
auto c2 = numerator / denominator;
// no remainder left by the previous divison ?
if (c2 * denominator != numerator)
continue;
// all values must be coprime
if (gcd(gcd(a2, b2), c2) == 1)
{
auto multiples = limit / (unsigned int)a2;
auto sum = (a2 + b2 + c2) * triangle(multiples);
result += sum;
}
}
return result;
}
int main()
{
unsigned int limit = 1000000000;
std::cin >> limit;
//std::cout << bruteForce(limit) << std::endl;
std::cout << evaluate (limit) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
This solution contains 16 empty lines, 27 comments and 2 preprocessor commands.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in 4.2 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
September 8, 2017 submitted solution
September 8, 2017 added comments
Difficulty
Project Euler ranks this problem at 30% (out of 100%).
Links
projecteuler.net/thread=510 - the best forum on the subject (note: you have to submit the correct solution first)
Code in various languages:
Python github.com/Meng-Gen/ProjectEuler/blob/master/510.py (written by Meng-Gen Tsai)
Python github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/510.py (written by Yuping Luo)
C++ github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/510.cpp (written by Yuping Luo)
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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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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