杭电_ACM_The 3n + 1 problem

Problem Description

Problems in Computer Science are often classified as belonging to a certain class of problems (e.g., NP, Unsolvable, Recursive). In this problem you will be analyzing a property of an algorithm whose classification is not known for all possible inputs.

Consider the following algorithm: 


    1.      input n

    2.      print n

    3.      if n = 1 then STOP

    4.           if n is odd then n <- 3n + 1

    5.           else n <- n / 2

    6.      GOTO 2


Given the input 22, the following sequence of numbers will be printed 22 11 34 17 52 26 13 40 20 10 5 16 8 4 2 1 

It is conjectured that the algorithm above will terminate (when a 1 is printed) for any integral input value. Despite the simplicity of the algorithm, it is unknown whether this conjecture is true. It has been verified, however, for all integers n such that 0 < n < 1,000,000 (and, in fact, for many more numbers than this.) 

Given an input n, it is possible to determine the number of numbers printed (including the 1). For a given n this is called the cycle-length of n. In the example above, the cycle length of 22 is 16. 

For any two numbers i and j you are to determine the maximum cycle length over all numbers between i and j. 

 

Input

The input will consist of a series of pairs of integers i and j, one pair of integers per line. All integers will be less than 1,000,000 and greater than 0. 

You should process all pairs of integers and for each pair determine the maximum cycle length over all integers between and including i and j. 

You can assume that no opperation overflows a 32-bit integer.

 

Output

For each pair of input integers i and j you should output i, j, and the maximum cycle length for integers between and including i and j. These three numbers should be separated by at least one space with all three numbers on one line and with one line of output for each line of input. The integers i and j must appear in the output in the same order in which they appeared in the input and should be followed by the maximum cycle length (on the same line). 

 

Sample Input

1 10
100 200
201 210
900 1000

 

Sample Output

1 10 20
100 200 125
201 210 89
900 1000 174

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX 1000003
int a[MAX];
int main()
{
    int count, low, high, max, temp, i, j;
    long long tempi;
    //get the result form
    a[1] = 1;
    for (i = 2; i < 1000000; i++)
    {
        tempi = i;
        count = 0;
        while (tempi >= i)
        {
            if (tempi % 2 == 1)
                tempi = 3 * tempi + 1;
            else
                tempi /= 2;
            count++;
        }
        a[i] = a[tempi] + count;
    }
    while (scanf("%d %d", &low, &high) != EOF)
    {
        max = 1;
        printf("%d %d ", low, high);
        //if low is greater than high, exchange them
        if (low > high)
        {
            temp = low;
            low = high;
            high = temp;
        }
        //find the greatest number
        for (j = low; j <= high; j++)
        {
            if (a[j] > max)
                max = a[j];
        }
        printf("%d\n", max);
    }
    return 0;
}

key point

firstly, you should judge whether the first number is greater than the second one.

secondly, my alg0rithm is really competitive. The later result can get the answer depond on the former to avoid the repeat work.

thirdly, you must use long long, because when n is equal to 113382, it will be wrong. if you don't use long long, it still be accepted.

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I run other's program, finding other's will take less time and less space.

but when I input 1 1000000, it will take more time. Oh, I feel a little puzzled. I will com back, when I realize.

#include <stdio.h>
//get the cycle-length according to n
int getLength(long long n)
{
    if (n == 1)
        return 1;
    else if (n % 2 == 1)
        return 1 + getLength(3 * n + 1);
    else
        return 1 + getLength(n / 2);
}
int main()
{
    int low, high, max, temp, j, result;
    while (scanf("%d %d", &low, &high) != EOF)
    {
        max = 1;
        printf("%d %d ", low, high);
        //if low is greater than high, exchange them
        if (low > high)
        {
            temp = low;
            low = high;
            high = temp;
        }
        //find the greatest number
        for (j = low; j <= high; j++)
        {
            result = getLength(j);
            if (result > max)
                max = result;
        }
        printf("%d\n", max);
    }
    return 0;
}