PROBLEM LINK:
Author: nmalviya1929
Editorialist: nmalviya1929
DIFFICULTY:
EASY-MEDIUM
PREREQUISITES:
DP
PROBLEM:
Find the number of ways to divide n days into groups such that each group have at least k days.
QUICK EXPLANATION:
Let dp[i] represent answer for i days. Then dp[n]=\sum_{i=0}^{n-k} dp[i].
EXPLANATION:
Let dp[i] represent answer for i days.
If we’re solving for n days, in the last group we can keep days from k to n.If we select k days in last group then number of ways is dp[n-k] , if we select k+1 , then number of ways is dp[n-k-1] ans so on. Therefore dp[n]=\sum_{i=0}^{n-k} dp[i].
dp[0]=1;
for( i=1 to n) {
dp[i]=0;
for (j= i-k to 0) {
dp[i]+=dp[j];
dp[i]%=MOD;
}
}
However, time complexity for this solution is O(n^2).
We can store cumulative sum of dp to reduce the complexity.
cum[i]=\sum_{j=0}^{i} dp[j]
dp[0]=1;
cum[0]=1;
for (i=1 to n) {
dp[i]=0;
if(i-k is greater than equal to 0)
dp[i]+=(cum[i-k]);
dp[i]%=MOD;
}
cum[i]=(cum[i-1]+dp[i])%MOD;
}
AUTHOR’S AND TESTER’S SOLUTIONS:
Author’s solution can be found here.