Lagrange Interpolation by grhkm

No polynomial stuff because I don't know $$$O(n\log{n})$$$ polynomial multiplication :(

Main results:

Given $$$f(x_1)=y_1, f(x_2)=y_2, ..., f(x_n)=y_n$$$ we can calculate $$$f(X)$$$ where $$$f$$$ is the unique $$$(n-1)$$$-degree polynomial

For general {$$$x_i$$$} we can do so in $$$O(n^2)$$$

For consecutive {$$$x_i$$$} i.e. $$$x_j=x_1+(j-1)$$$, we can do so in $$$O(n)$$$ excluding binary exponentiation

Why useful?

Calculate $$$1^n+2^n+...+X^n$$$ in $$$O(n)$$$

DP optimization

With polynomials you can do cool things but not gonna cover this blog

Let's get started :)

Assume all polynomials below are $$$(n-1)$$$ degree unless specified.

Idea:

To start let's deal with first problem:

Given $$$f(x_1)=y_1, f(x_2)=y_2, ..., f(x_n)=y_n$$$ and an integer $$$X$$$ we can calculate $$$f(X)$$$ where $$$f$$$ is the unique $$$(n-1)$$$-degree polynomial

Let's consider an easier version:

Find polynomial satisfying $$$f(x_1)=y_i, f(x_2)=0, ..., f(x_n)=0$$$

As we learn in school, $$$f(r)=0 \implies (x-r)$$$ is divisor

We can write this down:

Now notice that $$$f(x_1)=\prod_{i=2}^n (x_1-x_i)$$$ (a constant), but we want it to be $$$y_1$$$

We can simply scale the polynomial by a correct factor i.e.

Similarly, we can find a similar polynomial such that $$$f_i(x_i)=y_i$$$ and $$$f_i(x_j)=0 \forall j \neq i$$$

Okay now finally to answer the original question, we can notice that $$$f(x)=\sum_{i=1}^n f_i(x)$$$ satisfies the constraints. So there we have it! Lagrange interpolation:

$$$O(n^2)$$$ excluding inverse for division

Optimization:

Let's try to optimise it now! Assume that we're given $$$f(1), f(2), \cdots, f(n)$$$, how can we calculate $$$f(X)$$$ quickly?

Notice that here, $$$x_i=i$$$ and $$$y_i=f(i)$$$. Substitute!

Let's consider the numerator and denominator separately

Numerator

We can pre-calculate prefix and suffix product of x, then we can calculate the numerator (for each $$$i$$$) in $$$O(1)$$$

Denominator

So we can precompute factorials (preferably their inverse directly) then $$$O(1)$$$ calculation

So now we can calculate $$$f(X)$$$ in $$$O(n)$$$

Example 0

Find_ $$$\sum_{i=1}^N i^k$$$, $$$k\leq 1e6, N\leq 1e12$$$

Solution: Notice that the required sum will be a degree $$$(k+1)$$$ polynomial, and thus we can interpolate the answer with $$$(k+2)$$$ data points (Remember, we need $$$deg(f)+1$$$ points)

To find the data points simply calculate $$$f(0)=0, f(x)=f(x-1)+x^k$$$

Code can be found below

Example 1

(BZOJ 3453, judge dead): Find_ $$$\sum_{i=0}^n \sum_{j=1}^{a+id} \sum_{k=1}^j k^x \mod 1234567891, x \leq 123, a, n, d \leq 123456789$$$

Example 2 (ADVANCED)

(Luogu P4463 submit here): Given $$$n \leq 500, k \leq 1e9$$$, we call a sequence $$${a_n}$$$ nice if $$$1\leq a_i \leq k \forall i$$$ and $$$(a_i\neq a_j) \forall i\neq j$$$. Find the sum of (products of elements in the sequence) over all nice sequences. MY code below

Example 3 (ADVANCED TOO)

Problem https://www.codechef.com/problems/XETF : Find $$$\sum_{i=1,gcd(i,N)=1}^N i^k, N \leq 1e12, k \leq 256$$$. My code below

If you have any questions feel free to ask below

Practice question:

CF 622F (Example 0)

• https://codeforces.net/contest/622/submission/93584356

• Thank you demoralizer for telling me this :)

Luogu P4463 (Example 2)

• My submission: https://www.luogu.com.cn/record/38800165

Codechef XETF (Example 3)

• My submission: https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/38150282

Not in order of difficulty:

SPOJ ASUMEXTR

SPOJ ASUMHARD which is harder than EXTREME

Codechef COUNTIT

Atcoder ARC33D (Japanese)

Atcoder S8PC3G

• Unfortunately you can't get full score, but you can get up to subtask 4

• Still not trivial, do first 3 subtasks would give insight

• For full solution please wait for my next blog (next year)

HDU 4059

SPOJ SOMESUMS very interesting

PE 487 Direct application