may be you can break the calculations. i mean for example 2^40 can be written as 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 may be this works out
regards, junaid On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Shrikant Sonone <[email protected]>wrote: > Problem: > > http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/dashboard?c=32016#s=p2 > > we have to solve this equation (3 + √5)*n *and print its last three digits > before decimal point > > My Code runs smooth for Small data sheet where 2<=n<=30 > but, it gives infinite values on the large data sheet where > 2<=n<=2000000000 > > I used long double data type to solve this using pow(x,y) but the is still > too high for (3 + √5)2000000000 > > Is there any other method to solve this ????? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
