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Problem 92: Square digit chains
(see projecteuler.net/problem=92)
A number chain is created by continuously adding the square of the digits in a number to form a new number until it has been seen before.
For example,
44 → 32 → 13 → 10 → 1 → 1
85 → 89 → 145 → 42 → 20 → 4 → 16 → 37 → 58 → 89
Therefore any chain that arrives at 1 or 89 will become stuck in an endless loop. What is most amazing is that EVERY starting number will eventually arrive at 1 or 89.
How many starting numbers below ten million will arrive at 89?
My Algorithm
Let's start with the simple stuff:
becomes89(x)
checks whether repeated application of the "digit-square-adding" terminates with 89 (true
) or 1 (false
).
The real magic is hidden in main
- it's an iterative approach similar to Dynamic Programming and was inspired by rosettacode.org/wiki/Iterated_digits_squaring
I count how many numbers sums[x]
share the same squared digit sum x
:
- initially
sums[]
contains a bunch of zeros - after that, all single digit numbers 0..9 are processed:
sums[0*0] = 1; sums[1*1] = 1; sums[2*2] = 1; sums[3*3] = 1; ...
Then all two-digit numbers 10..99 are processed:
- they can have squared digit sums between 1 and 2*9*9
- the highest digit will be between 1 and 9 (I call it
high
) - a squared sum
x
should become the sum of all one-digit numbers with that squared digit sum and all two-digit number with that squared digit sum - the count of one-digit numbers is already stored in
sum[x]
, it's either 0 or 1 - the count of two-digit numbers is the count of
sum[x - high*high]
high
is 1, then sum[5] += sum[5 - 1*1]
→ 1
→ when
high
becomes 2, then sum[5] += sum[5 - 2*2]
→ 2
→ there are 2 one-digit or two-digit numbers with a squared digit sum of 5
Please note that in-place updates of
sum[x]
are in descending order because otherwise we encounter collisions:sum[x - high*high]
should not have been updated in the current pass. That means, x
must decrease while high
increases in their respective loops.That algorithm is repeated for all digits
When I know how many numbers share the same squared digit sum, I can simply count all squared digit sums which lead to 89.
Modifications by HackerRank
They want you to compute the result for values up to 10^{200}. The final number must be modulo 1000000007, too (otherwise it gets huge).
Note
You have to enter the number of digits of the upper limit. It's 7 for the original problem because 10^7=10000000.
Interactive test
You can submit your own input to my program and it will be instantly processed at my server:
This is equivalent toecho 1 | ./92
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.
#include <iostream>
// return true, if x will arrive at 89
bool becomes89(unsigned int x)
{
do
{
// sum of squares of all digits
unsigned int squareDigitSum = 0;
auto reduce = x;
while (reduce > 0)
{
auto digit = reduce % 10;
reduce /= 10;
squareDigitSum += digit * digit;
}
// terminated ?
if (squareDigitSum == 89)
return true;
if (squareDigitSum == 1)
return false;
// not done yet ... next iteration
x = squareDigitSum;
} while (true);
}
int main()
{
unsigned int digits = 7; // 10^7 = 10,000,000
std::cin >> digits;
// Hackerrank's result will become quite big, they only want the final number modulo 1000000007
// (doesn't affect the original problem)
const unsigned int Modulo = 1000000007;
// count how many numbers with the same digit sum exist
// inspired by https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Iterated_digits_squaring
// initialized with zeros
unsigned int sums[200*9*9 + 1] = { 0 };
// single-digit numbers
for (unsigned int first = 0; first <= 9; first++)
sums[first * first]++;
// alternative approach: set sums[0] = 1; and start the new loop with length = 1
// start with one digit and iteratively add digits
for (unsigned int length = 2; length <= digits; length++)
// go through all potential sums (including the most recently added digit)
for (unsigned int sum = length*9*9; sum > 0; sum--)
// what sum is it without that most recently added digit ?
for (unsigned int high = 1; high <= 9; high++)
{
// square of the just added digit
auto square = high * high;
// this digit can't be part of the current digit sum because it's too big
if (square > sum)
break;
// add count of all numbers without the new digit
sums[sum] += sums[sum - square];
// avoid overflows (Hackerrank only)
sums[sum] %= Modulo;
}
// now we know how many numbers sums[x] exist with digit sum x
// let's check which digit sums will be converted to 89
unsigned int count89 = 0;
// check all sums
for (unsigned int i = 1; i <= digits*9*9; i++)
if (becomes89(i))
{
count89 += sums[i]; // yes, all these numbers turn to 89
count89 %= Modulo; // Hackerrank only
}
std::cout << count89 << std::endl;
return 0;
}
This solution contains 12 empty lines, 21 comments and 1 preprocessor command.
Benchmark
The correct solution to the original Project Euler problem was found in less than 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
March 9, 2017 submitted solution
May 6, 2017 added comments
Hackerrank
see https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/projecteuler/challenges/euler092
My code solves 9 out of 9 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=92 - 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-92-square-digits-number-chain/ (written by Kristian Edlund)
C# github.com/HaochenLiu/My-Project-Euler/blob/master/092.cs (written by Haochen Liu)
Python github.com/hughdbrown/Project-Euler/blob/master/euler-092.py (written by Hugh Brown)
Python github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/python/p092.py (written by Nayuki)
Python github.com/sefakilic/euler/blob/master/python/euler092.py (written by Sefa Kilic)
C++ github.com/Meng-Gen/ProjectEuler/blob/master/92.cc (written by Meng-Gen Tsai)
C++ github.com/zmwangx/Project-Euler/blob/master/092/092.cpp (written by Zhiming Wang)
Java github.com/dcrousso/ProjectEuler/blob/master/PE092.java (written by Devin Rousso)
Java github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/java/p092.java (written by Nayuki)
Go github.com/frrad/project-euler/blob/master/golang/Problem092.go (written by Frederick Robinson)
Mathematica github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/mathematica/p092.mathematica (written by Nayuki)
Mathematica github.com/steve98654/ProjectEuler/blob/master/092.nb
Haskell github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions/blob/master/haskell/p092.hs (written by Nayuki)
Haskell github.com/roosephu/project-euler/blob/master/92.hs (written by Yuping Luo)
Clojure github.com/guillaume-nargeot/project-euler-clojure/blob/master/src/project_euler/problem_092.clj (written by Guillaume Nargeot)
Clojure github.com/rm-hull/project-euler/blob/master/src/euler092.clj (written by Richard Hull)
Scala github.com/samskivert/euler-scala/blob/master/Euler092.scala (written by Michael Bayne)
Perl github.com/gustafe/projecteuler/blob/master/092-Square-digit-chains.pl (written by Gustaf Erikson)
Perl github.com/shlomif/project-euler/blob/master/project-euler/92/euler-92.pl (written by Shlomi Fish)
Rust github.com/gifnksm/ProjectEulerRust/blob/master/src/bin/p092.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.
Heatmap
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orange | problems are solved but exceed the time limit of one minute or the memory limit of 256 MByte | |
red | problems are not solved yet but I wrote a simulation to approximate the result or verified at least the given example - usually I sketched a few ideas, too | |
black | problems are solved but access to the solution is blocked for a few days until the next problem is published | |
[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
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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