When I was doing 1207F - Remainder Problem, I don't know why my program got TLE. Then this ONE trick cut 1 second off my program. You can see this video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssDBqQ5f5_0. When the compiler compiles x/9
, the code roughly converts to ((long long)954437177*x)>>33
. Division is a much more expensive operation than multiplies and shifts. But what's the special constant 954437177
? It's $$$\lceil \frac{2^{33}}{9} \rceil$$$. So we have this identity which is vaild for every $$$0\leq a < 2^{31}, 0 < x < 2^{31}$$$:
You can clearly see how this speeds up 1207F: 244531668, 244540601. Note that gcc also does this trick on 64 bits.
After brute forcing with $$$a = 2^{31}-1$$$ I got this new, fixed identity. This should work for all $$$a$$$ (while the old one does not).