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Problem 55: Lychrel numbers
(see projecteuler.net/problem=55)
If we take 47, reverse and add, 47 + 74 = 121, which is palindromic.
Not all numbers produce palindromes so quickly. For example,
349 + 943 = 1292,
1292 + 2921 = 4213
4213 + 3124 = 7337
That is, 349 took three iterations to arrive at a palindrome.
Although no one has proved it yet, it is thought that some numbers, like 196, never produce a palindrome.
A number that never forms a palindrome through the reverse and add process is called a Lychrel number.
Due to the theoretical nature of these numbers, and for the purpose of this problem, we shall assume that a number is Lychrel until proven otherwise.
In addition you are given that for every number below ten-thousand, it will either
(i) become a palindrome in less than fifty iterations, or,
(ii) no one, with all the computing power that exists, has managed so far to map it to a palindrome.
In fact, 10677 is the first number to be shown to require over fifty iterations before producing a palindrome: 4668731596684224866951378664 (53 iterations, 28-digits).
Surprisingly, there are palindromic numbers that are themselves Lychrel numbers; the first example is 4994.
How many Lychrel numbers are there below ten-thousand?
My Algorithm
Intermediate numbers may become quite huge (as hinted in the problem), therefore I decided to store all numbers in a BigNumber
,
which is a std::vector
where each digit is stored as a single element (lowest digits first), e.g. 3401 = { 1, 0, 4, 3 }.
Then, reversing the digits becomes super-easy:
auto reverse = number;
std::reverse(reverse.begin(), reverse.end());
And checking whether we have a palindrome
if (number == reverse)
Adding the digits is based on the basic algorithm taught in school.
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This live test is based on the Hackerrank problem.
This is equivalent toecho 130 | ./55
Output:
(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).
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
//#define ORIGINAL
// a sequence of digits, lowest digits first, e.g. 3401 = { 1, 0, 4, 3 }
typedef std::vector<unsigned int> BigNumber;
// count all numbers converging to BigNumber
std::map<BigNumber, unsigned int> finalNumber;
// return true if x is a Lychrel number, stop after maxIterations (and return true if "indecisive")
bool isLychrel(unsigned int x, unsigned int maxIterations)
{
// split integer into its digit, store each digit in a separate cell
BigNumber number;
while (x > 0)
{
number.push_back(x % 10);
x /= 10;
}
// try to find a palindrome in the first 60 iterations
for (unsigned int iteration = 0; iteration < maxIterations; iteration++)
{
auto reverse = number;
std::reverse(reverse.begin(), reverse.end());
// check if palindrome
#ifdef ORIGINAL
if (iteration > 0) // originally, the initial number is allowed to be a palindrome
#endif
// no, can't be a Lychrel number
if (number == reverse)
{
finalNumber[number]++;
return false;
}
// add the reverse
auto sum = number;
unsigned int carry = 0;
for (size_t digit = 0; digit < number.size(); digit++)
{
// get digit "from the other end"
sum[digit] += reverse[digit] + carry;
// overflow ?
if (sum[digit] >= 10)
{
sum[digit] -= 10;
carry = 1;
}
else
{
// add one more digit
carry = 0;
}
}
if (carry > 0)
sum.push_back(carry);
number = std::move(sum);
}
// yes, we have a Lychrel number
return true;
}
int main()
{
// consider a number to be a Lychrel number if no palindrome after that many iterations
#ifdef ORIGINAL
unsigned int iterations = 50;
#else
unsigned int iterations = 60;
#endif
unsigned int maxNumber = 10000;
std::cin >> maxNumber;
// count all Lychrel number
unsigned int count = 0;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i <= maxNumber; i++)
if (isLychrel(i, iterations))
count++;
#ifdef ORIGINAL
std::cout << count << std::endl;
#else
unsigned int bestCount = 0;
BigNumber bestNumber;
// find number most converged to
for (auto f : finalNumber)
if (bestCount < f.second)
{
bestCount = f.second;
bestNumber = f.first;
}
// print single digits, highest digits first (they were stored last in BigNumber)
std::reverse(bestNumber.begin(), bestNumber.end());
for (auto digit : bestNumber)
std::cout << digit;
std::cout << " " << bestCount << std::endl;
#endif
return 0;
}
This solution contains 18 empty lines, 17 comments and 12 preprocessor commands.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in 0.01 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
February 27, 2017 submitted solution
April 21, 2017 added comments
Hackerrank
see https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/projecteuler/challenges/euler055
My code solves 6 out of 6 test cases (score: 100%)
Difficulty
Project Euler ranks this problem at 5% (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=55 - 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-55-how-many-lychrel-numbers-are-there-below-ten-thousand/ (written by Kristian Edlund)
Python github.com/hughdbrown/Project-Euler/blob/master/euler-055.py (written by Hugh Brown)
Python github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/python/p055.py (written by Nayuki)
Python github.com/sefakilic/euler/blob/master/python/euler055.py (written by Sefa Kilic)
C++ github.com/HaochenLiu/My-Project-Euler/blob/master/055.cpp (written by Haochen Liu)
Java github.com/dcrousso/ProjectEuler/blob/master/PE055.java (written by Devin Rousso)
Java github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/java/p055.java (written by Nayuki)
Javascript github.com/dsernst/ProjectEuler/blob/master/55 Lychrel numbers.js (written by David Ernst)
Go github.com/frrad/project-euler/blob/master/golang/Problem055.go (written by Frederick Robinson)
Mathematica github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/mathematica/p055.mathematica (written by Nayuki)
Mathematica github.com/steve98654/ProjectEuler/blob/master/055.nb
Haskell github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/haskell/p055.hs (written by Nayuki)
Haskell github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/55.hs (written by Yuping Luo)
Clojure github.com/guillaume-nargeot/project-euler-clojure/blob/master/src/project_euler/problem_055.clj (written by Guillaume Nargeot)
Clojure github.com/rm-hull/project-euler/blob/master/src/euler055.clj (written by Richard Hull)
Scala github.com/samskivert/euler-scala/blob/master/Euler055.scala (written by Michael Bayne)
Perl github.com/gustafe/projecteuler/blob/master/055-Lychrel-numbers.pl (written by Gustaf Erikson)
Rust github.com/gifnksm/ProjectEulerRust/blob/master/src/bin/p055.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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[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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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.
Look at my progress and performance pages to get more details.
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.
The problems and most of the problems' images were created by Project Euler.
Thanks for all their endless effort !!!
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