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For the location stated in your profile, you probably wouldn't. Where I am, it would be considered highly unusual.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Hmmm... Strange... 
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I think you need to get out and about and see how the rest of the world lives if you think that is strange.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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I do very well knw wats happening around... but it is offcourse strange wen u look at people and feel uncomfortable wen they spk abt their god or religion.. first stop discriminating people by religion or by any other means jst think and behave thet we al are civilised humans rather than looking at religion and stuff.. v guys are on 21st century  ...
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Well, where this conversation is going, it should probably be move to the Back Room. However, since this thread is so old, I doubt anyone other than you and I are stirring up the dust here.
Do you really think work is the place to discuss religion? I supppose you think it's ok to be asked about your religion when applying for job then? Do you think that developing a regular speech pattern that immediately identifies outsiders to your religious bent is ignoring religion? How can I ignore it if you're talking about it all the time? I quit paying any attention to religion over 50 years ago. But it's hard to ignore those who continually try to ram it down my throat.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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hello, i am searching for solution for two similar combinatorial problems:
1) how many numbers exist such that they consist of exactly N binary digits, have M ones in their binary expansion and at least K of that ones are successive?
1<=N<=1000, 1<=M<=N, 1<=K<=M.
for cases M-K<K i deduced a formula: (N-K+1)*C(M-K,N-K) - (N-K)*C(M-K-1,N-K-1), but i don't know how to calculate it when M-K>=K.
2) there are X red and Y green balls. how many permutations exist such that Z red balls stand in succession?
1<=X,Y<=1000, 1<=Z<=X.
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in the name of god
i want to write an algorithm with order O(nlg(n)) that gets a real input (x) and searches in the array with size N of real numbers to find two elements that the addition of them is x.
i say that we must compare all elements together so how it can be O(nlg(n))?
does it work if we use binary search?how ?i dont know?
valhamdolelah.
modified on Friday, October 30, 2009 3:18 AM
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1. Sort the array in ascending order. (This is O(n lg(n)).
2. Use two integer indexes, i & j, that point to the array elements to add. The first one (i) starts at 0 (the index of the lowest number).
3. Do a binary search in the array to find the array element that is closest to x when added to the element at index 0 (j). If array [i] + array [j] == x, we're done.
4. Loop: Advance i to the next element.
5. While array [i] + array [j] > x, decrease j. If array [i] + array [j] == x, we're done.
6. When array [i] + array [j] < x, go to Step 4. When i >= j, there's no solution and we're done.
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Alan,
With O(n lg(n)) time to sort, doesn't that use up all of the time allotted (overall time was to be O(n lg(n)))? Wouldn't a B+ tree sort speed up that somewhat to leave a little time for the combinatorial arithmetic? With a B+ tree (n-ary tree) you eliminate many wrong values instead of just two at each step as is done in a binary tree. Once the array of values was sorted, the B+ tree search would also find the correct value quicker than O(n lg(n)) as would be the case using a binary search for the second value.
Dave.
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Big O notation is a measure of the execution time/complexity relative to the input size.
Hence, O(n log(n)) means that the complexity in whatever unit is equal to C * n * log(n) where C is a constant. If you add an extra statement to your inner loop, you're increasing C without increasing the Big O complexity.
We say it this way, because all we're trying to measure is how much longer it would take if, say, we doubled the input size. For an O(n) algorithm, doubling the input will double the complexity.
So in essence...
O(n log(n)) + O(n log(n)) = O(n log(n))
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O(IC)
Luc Pattyn
I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages
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I understand Big O, but in this case, after the sort, for each item, you do a binary search on the array looking for a value that when added to the initial value equals some X. Anything you do to speed up this process will help more than just removing some instruction from the inner loop. You have just added another (n (n log(n))) timeslice to the inner loop, not just some constant.
Dave.
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But you're not doing a binary search on each item. You're doing one sort and one binary search.
Think of it this way... Say the sort and the next operation were each O(n)... Obviously they wouldn't be, but as an example. Then you're doing an O(n) followed by an O(n), or 2 * O(n). But in Big O, we eliminate constants, so it simplifies to just O(n)...
If the two operations are of different complexity, we take the larger one... If it was O(n log(n)) followed by O(n), we'd say the Big O was O(n log n).
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Ian Shlasko wrote: You're doing one sort and one binary search.
But you are not doing that, you are doing the binary search n times looking for a pair that add up to the constant X.
Dave.
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Sorry, mixed it up a bit, but I'm still right about the complexity.
A binary search is O(log n)... And we'd be doing that n times... Hence, O(n log(n)) for all of the searches.
But this is still done AFTER the sort, not inside it, so it adds to the sort instead of multiplying with it.
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You had it right the first time -- Only one binary search is done. It's done to find the upper bound of number pairs that could possibly add up to x.
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I agree with your algo, however I would rephrase it in a more symmetric way, making the O(n) part more clear:
1. Sort the array in ascending order
2. let int i=0 and int j=n-1
3. if i>=j then search is over
4. calculate sum=array[i]+array[j]
5. if sum<x, increment i and goto (3)
6. if sum>x, decrement j and goto (3)
7. since sum==x, solution found (either stop; or increment i, decrement j and goto 3)
(1) is O(n ln(n))
(2)-(7) is O(n) as i and j move towards each other in steps of 1
hence overall O(n ln(n))
Luc Pattyn
I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages
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in the name of god<br />
hello and thanks for your answers.<br />
it is the code i wrote in c++:<br />
<br />
int main(){<br />
cin<<x;<br />
mergeSort(Arbegin,Arend);
int i=0;<br />
while(i<j){<br />
int sum=A[i]+A[j];<br />
if(x < sum){<br />
i++;<br />
}<br />
if(x < sum){<br />
j--;<br />
}<br />
if(sum==x){<br />
a=i;<br />
b=j;<br />
break;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
}<br />
valhamdolelah.
modified on Friday, October 30, 2009 8:20 AM
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Lets say I'm standing on a matrix and
1. There are obstacles where I cant stand
2. There is a goal in some x,y
3. I only know the content of the 8 adjacent points
4. I need to return one move based on the one i'm standing each time.
Any ideas on the algorithm for returning my move each time?
I'm more interested in the correctiness rather than the efectiveness
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Follow an expanding spiral from your starting position. When you encounter am obstacle, circle around it in the same direction (clockwise/counter~) as your spiral.
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Nice idea, hadnt thought about spirals.., thanks.
Though "circle around an obstacle" its not that simple because there might be several obstacles one each to the other, making a kind of wall.. for example
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goal # me
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Treat several obstacles as one big obstacle, and make a bigger circle.
One way to do this is with a direction vector, the pair of x,y offsets in the direction of your spiral. When you hit an obstacle, you rotate this direction vector 90 degrees (45 degrees if diagonal moves are permitted). When you find a free cell around the obstacle, you rotate back in the other direction.
Intuitively, it's like going through a maze, always keeping your right hand on the right wall, as you circle around obstacles.
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"several obstacles as one obstacle" makes me consider using Disjoint Sets..
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You may be making it more complex than it needs to be. If you were feeling your way through a maze in the dark with your right hand on the right wall, you'd just keep going straight until you hit an obstacle. Then since you couldn't continue in the same direction, you'd rotate your direction vector 45 degrees to the left. If that direction was free you'd advance, else you'd rotate again.
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