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//ProjectEuler/Java/Problem29.java
//Matthew Ellison
// Created: 10-09-19
//Modified: 10-09-19
//How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100?
//Unless otherwise listed all non-standard includes are my own creation and available from https://bibucket.org/Mattrixwv/JavaClasses
/*
Copyright (C) 2019 Matthew Ellison
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
import mattrixwv.Stopwatch;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.math.BigInteger;
public class Problem29{
private static final Integer BOTTOM_A = 2; //The lowest possible value for a
private static final Integer TOP_A = 100; //The highest possible value for a
private static final Integer BOTTOM_B = 2; //The lowest possible value for b
private static final Integer TOP_B = 100; //The highest possible value for b
private static ArrayList<BigInteger> unique; //Holds all unique values generated
public static void main(String[] args){
//Setup the variables
Stopwatch timer = new Stopwatch();
unique = new ArrayList<BigInteger>();
//Start the time
timer.start();
//Start with the first A and move towards the top
for(Integer currentA = BOTTOM_A;currentA <= TOP_A;++currentA){
//Start with the first B and move towards the top
for(Integer currentB = BOTTOM_B;currentB <= TOP_B;++currentB){
//Get the new number
BigInteger currentNum = BigInteger.valueOf(currentA).pow(currentB);
//If the current number is not in the array add it
if(!unique.contains(currentNum)){
unique.add(currentNum);
}
}
}
//Stop the timer
timer.stop();
//Print the results
System.out.printf("The number of unique values generated by a^b for %d <= a <= %d and %d <= b <= %d is %d\n", BOTTOM_A, TOP_A, BOTTOM_B, TOP_B, unique.size());
System.out.println("It took " + timer.getStr() + " to run this algorithm");
}
}
/* Results:
The number of unique values generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100 is 9183
It took 258.922 milliseconds to run this algorithm
*/