/* * Solution to Project Euler problem 73 * Copyright (c) Project Nayuki. All rights reserved. * * https://www.nayuki.io/page/project-euler-solutions * https://github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions */ public final class p073 implements EulerSolution { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(new p073().run()); } /* * The Stern-Brocot tree is an infinite binary search tree of all positive rational numbers, * where each number appears only once and is in lowest terms. * It is formed by starting with the two sentinels 0/1 and 1/1. Iterating infinitely in any order, * between any two currently adjacent fractions Ln/Ld and Rn/Rd, insert a new fraction (Ln+Rn)/(Ld+Rd). * See MathWorld for a visualization: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Stern-BrocotTree.html * * This algorithm uses a lot of stack space (about 12000 frames). You probably need to use a JVM option like "-Xss4M". */ public String run() { return Integer.toString(sternBrocotCount(1, 3, 1, 2)); } // Counts the number of reduced fractions n/d such that leftN/leftD < n/d < rightN/rightD and d <= 12000. // leftN/leftD and rightN/rightD must be adjacent in the Stern-Brocot tree at some point in the generation process. private static int sternBrocotCount(int leftN, int leftD, int rightN, int rightD) { int n = leftN + rightN; int d = leftD + rightD; if (d > 12000) return 0; else return 1 + sternBrocotCount(leftN, leftD, n, d) + sternBrocotCount(n, d, rightN, rightD); } }