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NAGAY - Joseph’s Problem |
Joseph likes taking part in programming contests. His favorite problem is, of course, Joseph’s problem.
It is stated as follows.
There are n persons numbered from 0 to n − 1 standing in a circle. The person number
k, counting from the person number 0, is executed. After that the person number k of the
remaining persons is executed, counting from the person after the last executed one. The
process continues until only one person is left. This person is a survivor. The problem is,
given n and k detect the survivor’s number in the original circle.
Of course, all of you know the way to solve this problem. The solution is very short, all you need is one
cycle:
r := 0;
for i from 1 to n do
r := (r + k) mod i;
return r;
Here “x mod y” is the remainder of the division of x by y
But Joseph is not very smart. He learned the algorithm, but did not learn the reasoning behind it. Thus
he has forgotten the details of the algorithm and remembers the solution just approximately.
He told his friend Andrew about the problem, but claimed that the solution can be found using the
following algorithm:
r := 0;
for i from 1 to n do
r := r + (k mod i);
return r;
Of course, Andrew pointed out that Joseph was wrong. But calculating the function Joseph described is
also very interesting.
Given n and k, find sum of (k%i) from i=1 to n;
Input
The input file contains n and k (1 <= n, k <= 10^18)
Output
Output the sum requested.
Example
Input: 5 3 Output: 7
Added by: | Azat Taryhchiyev |
Date: | 2012-02-16 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ASM64 PERL PERL6 |
Resource: | ACM ICPC 2005–2006, Northeastern European Regional Contest St Petersburg – Barnaul – Tashkent – |
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2021-10-28 08:11:57
AC in one go! |
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2017-12-14 04:46:39
Judge solution can't handle many cases, some verifiable by brute force. Mine does =) Enjoyed coding it, even if it costed me an hour longer than what seems to be needed for AC. Nice logic. |
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2013-06-19 09:51:41 Piyush Raman Srivastava
just some observations needed to solve it. :) |
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2012-02-17 05:00:15 Sandeep Singh Jakhar
@Vimal Yes |
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2012-02-16 16:31:07 Vimal Raj Sharma
Will the solution fit in long long ? |
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2012-02-16 10:04:58 [Rampage] Blue.Mary
Mmm, O(sqrt(k)) CAN pass. |