Given a number k, find the required minimum number of Fibonacci terms whose sum equal to k. We can choose a Fibonacci number multiple times.
Examples:
Input : k = 4 Output : 2 Fibonacci term added twice that is 2 + 2 = 4. Other combinations are 1 + 1 + 2. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 Among all cases first case has the minimum number of terms = 2. Input : k = 17 Output : 3
We can get any sum using Fibonacci numbers as 1 is a Fibonacci number. For example, to get n, we can n times add 1. Here we need to minimize the count of Fibonacci numbers that contribute to sum. So this problem is basically coin change problem with coins having Fibonacci values. By taking some examples, we can notice that With Fibonacci coin values Greedy approach works.
Firstly we calculate Fibonacci terms till less than or equal to k. then start from the last term and keep subtracting that term from k until k >(nth term). Also along with this keep increasing the count of the number of terms.
When k < (nth Fibonacci term) move to next Fibonacci term which is less than or Equal to k. at last, print the value of count.
The stepwise algorithm is:
1. Find all Fibonacci Terms less than or equal to K.
2. Initialize count = 0.
3. j = Index of last calculated Fibonacci Term.
4. while K > 0 do:
// Greedy step
count += K / (fibo[j]) // Note that division
// is repeated subtraction.
K = K % (fibo[j])
j--;
5. Print count.
Below is the implementation of the above approach.
C++
// C++ code to find minimum number of fibonacci // terms that sum to K. #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to calculate Fibonacci Terms void calcFiboTerms(vector<int>& fiboTerms, int K) { int i = 3, nextTerm; fiboTerms.push_back(0); fiboTerms.push_back(1); fiboTerms.push_back(1); // Calculate all Fibonacci terms // which are less than or equal to K. while (1) { nextTerm = fiboTerms[i - 1] + fiboTerms[i - 2]; // If next term is greater than K // do not push it in vector and return. if (nextTerm > K) return; fiboTerms.push_back(nextTerm); i++; } } // Function to find the minimum number of // Fibonacci terms having sum equal to K. int findMinTerms(int K) { // Vector to store Fibonacci terms. vector<int> fiboTerms; calcFiboTerms(fiboTerms, K); int count = 0, j = fiboTerms.size() - 1; // Subtract Fibonacci terms from sum K // until sum > 0. while (K > 0) { // Divide sum K by j-th Fibonacci term to find // how many terms it contribute in sum. count += (K / fiboTerms[j]); K %= (fiboTerms[j]); j--; } return count; } // driver code int main() { int K = 17; cout << findMinTerms(K); return 0; } |
Java
// Java code to find the minimum number of Fibonacci terms // that sum to k. import java.util.*; class GFG { // Function to calaculate Fibonacci Terms public static void calcFiboTerms(ArrayList<Integer> fiboterms, int k) { int i = 3, nextTerm = 0; fiboterms.add(0); fiboterms.add(1); fiboterms.add(1); // Calculate all Fibonacci terms // which are less than or equal to k. while(true) { nextTerm = fiboterms.get(i - 1) + fiboterms.get(i - 2); // If next term is greater than k // do not add in arraylist and return. if(nextTerm>k) return; fiboterms.add(nextTerm); i++; } } // Function to find the minimum number of // Fibonacci terms having sum equal to k. public static int fibMinTerms(int k) { // ArrayList to store Fibonacci terms. ArrayList<Integer> fiboterms = new ArrayList<Integer>(); calcFiboTerms(fiboterms,k); int count = 0, j = fiboterms.size() - 1; // Subtract Fibonacci terms from sum k // until sum > 0. while(k > 0) { // Divide sum k by j-th Fibonacci term to find // how many terms it contribute in sum. count += (k / fiboterms.get(j)); k %= (fiboterms.get(j)); j--; } return count; } // driver code public static void main (String[] args) { int k = 17; System.out.println(fibMinTerms(k)); } } /* This code is contributed by Akash Singh*/ |
Python3
# Python3 code to find minimum number # of Fibonacci terms that sum to K. # Function to calculate Fibonacci Terms def calcFiboTerms(fiboTerms, K): i = 3 fiboTerms.append(0) fiboTerms.append(1) fiboTerms.append(1) # Calculate all Fibonacci terms # which are less than or equal to K. while True: nextTerm = (fiboTerms[i - 1] + fiboTerms[i - 2]) # If next term is greater than K # do not push it in vector and return. if nextTerm > K: return fiboTerms.append(nextTerm) i += 1 # Function to find the minimum number of # Fibonacci terms having sum equal to K. def findMinTerms(K): # Vector to store Fibonacci terms. fiboTerms = [] calcFiboTerms(fiboTerms, K) count, j = 0, len(fiboTerms) - 1 # Subtract Fibonacci terms from # sum K until sum > 0. while K > 0: # Divide sum K by j-th Fibonacci # term to find how many terms it # contribute in sum. count += K // fiboTerms[j] K %= fiboTerms[j] j -= 1 return count # Driver code if __name__ == "__main__": K = 17 print(findMinTerms(K)) # This code is contributed # by Rituraj Jain |
C#
// C# code to find the minimum number // of Fibonacci terms that sum to k. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; class GFG { // Function to calaculate Fibonacci Terms public static void calcFiboTerms(List<int> fiboterms, int k) { int i = 3, nextTerm = 0; fiboterms.Add(0); fiboterms.Add(1); fiboterms.Add(1); // Calculate all Fibonacci terms // which are less than or equal to k. while(true) { nextTerm = fiboterms[i - 1] + fiboterms[i - 2]; // If next term is greater than k // do not add in arraylist and return. if(nextTerm > k) return; fiboterms.Add(nextTerm); i++; } } // Function to find the minimum number of // Fibonacci terms having sum equal to k. public static int fibMinTerms(int k) { // List to store Fibonacci terms. List<int> fiboterms = new List<int>(); calcFiboTerms(fiboterms, k); int count = 0, j = fiboterms.Count - 1; // Subtract Fibonacci terms from sum k // until sum > 0. while(k > 0) { // Divide sum k by j-th Fibonacci term to find // how many terms it contribute in sum. count += (k / fiboterms[j]); k %= (fiboterms[j]); j--; } return count; } // Driver Code public static void Main (String[] args) { int k = 17; Console.WriteLine(fibMinTerms(k)); } } // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
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