2549. Count Distinct Numbers on Board
Description
You are given a positive integer n
, that is initially placed on a board. Every day, for 109
days, you perform the following procedure:
- For each number
x
present on the board, find all numbers1 <= i <= n
such thatx % i == 1
. - Then, place those numbers on the board.
Return the number of distinct integers present on the board after 109
days have elapsed.
Note:
- Once a number is placed on the board, it will remain on it until the end.
%
stands for the modulo operation. For example,14 % 3
is2
.
Example 1:
Input: n = 5 Output: 4 Explanation: Initially, 5 is present on the board. The next day, 2 and 4 will be added since 5 % 2 == 1 and 5 % 4 == 1. After that day, 3 will be added to the board because 4 % 3 == 1. At the end of a billion days, the distinct numbers on the board will be 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Example 2:
Input: n = 3 Output: 2 Explanation: Since 3 % 2 == 1, 2 will be added to the board. After a billion days, the only two distinct numbers on the board are 2 and 3.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 100
Solutions
Solution 1: Lateral Thinking
Since every operation on the number $n$ on the desktop will also cause the number $n-1$ to appear on the desktop, the final numbers on the desktop are $[2,...n]$, that is, $n-1$ numbers.
Note that $n$ could be $1$, so it needs to be specially judged.
The time complexity is $O(1)$, and the space complexity is $O(1)$.
1 2 3 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
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