Power Calculus
Description Starting with x and repeatedly multiplying by x, we can compute x31 with thirty multiplications:
The operation of squaring can be appreciably shorten the sequence of multiplications. The following is a way to compute x31 with eight multiplications:
This is not the shortest sequence of multiplications to compute x31. There are many ways with only seven multiplications. The following is one of them:
If division is also available, we can find a even shorter sequence of operations. It is possible to compute x31 with six operations (five multiplications and one division):
This is one of the most efficient ways to compute x31 if a division is as fast as a multiplication. Your mission is to write a program to find the least number of operations to compute xn by multiplication and division starting with x for the given positive integern. Products and quotients appearing in the sequence should be x to a positive integer’s power. In others words, x 3, for example, should never appear. Input The input is a sequence of one or more lines each containing a single integer n. n is positive and less than or equal to 1000. The end of the input is indicated by a zero. Output Your program should print the least total number of multiplications and divisions required to compute xn starting with x for the integer n. The numbers should be written each in a separate line without any superfluous characters such as leading or trailing spaces. Sample Input 1 31 70 91 473 512 811 953 0 Sample Output 0 6 8 9 11 9 13 12 Source Japan 2006 |
题意:
算x^n的快速乘法。算过的结果可以利用。乘和除都可以问最少的运算次数。
思路:
由于涉及到最少次数。想用bfs但是。bfs会出问题。因为求解x^n的过程中只能使用已算出的结果。但是bfs不能确定某个状态时那些结果已经算出。所以只能用dfs来求解。但是盲目用dfs每次搜到底的话。时间开销太大。但是我们大概知道需要的运算次数。所以我们可以逐渐加深的来搜这样就可以最快的找到解了。
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