Fast Division Trick

Revision en6, by a_gt3_rs, 2024-03-26 14:02:08

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 $$$0\leq a< 2^{31}$$$:

$$${\lfloor \frac{a}{x} \rfloor} ={ \lfloor{\frac{a*\lceil{2^{33}/x}\rceil}{2^{33}}}\rfloor}.$$$

You can clearly see how this speeds up 1207F: 244531668, 244540601.

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en10 English a_gt3_rs 2024-05-24 13:37:11 16
en9 English a_gt3_rs 2024-05-24 13:35:43 193 Tiny change: 'ceil}{2^{33}}}\rfloor' -> 'ceil}{2^{31+\lfloor{log_2(x)}\rfloor}}}\rfloor'
en8 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-31 15:02:43 19 Tiny change: 'aced by 64.' -> 'aced by 64 ($0\leq a<2^{63}$).'
en7 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-31 13:40:59 87
en6 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 14:02:08 2 Tiny change: 'on:244531688], [submi' -> 'on:244531668], [submi'
en5 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 14:01:23 1 Tiny change: '44531688],[submissio' -> '44531688], [submissio' (published)
en4 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 14:00:15 3 Tiny change: '}}\rfloor}$$.You can cl' -> '}}\rfloor}.$$ You can cl'
en3 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 13:59:47 99
en2 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 13:58:12 58
en1 English a_gt3_rs 2024-03-26 13:42:10 580 Initial revision (saved to drafts)