Valid term from quadratic sequence?
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You are given four numbers. The first three are $a$, $b$, and $c$ respectively, for the sequence:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c$$
You may take input of these four numbers in any way. The output should be one of two distinct outputs mentioned in your answer, one means that the fourth number is a term in the sequence (the above equation has at least one solution for $n$ which is an integer when $a$, $b$, $c$ and $T_n$ are substituted for the given values), the other means the opposite.
This is code golf, so the shortest answer in bytes wins. Your program should work for any input of $a, b, c, T_n$ where the numbers are negative or positive (or 0), decimal or integer. To avoid problems but keep some complexity, non-integers will always just end in $.5$. Standard loop-holes disallowed.
Test cases
a |b |c |T_n |Y/N
------------------------
1 |1 |1 |1 |Y #n=0
2 |3 |5 |2 |N
0.5 |1 |-2 |-0.5|Y #n=1
0.5 |1 |-2 |15.5|Y #n=5
0.5 |1 |-2 |3 |N
-3.5|2 |-6 |-934|Y #n=-16
0 |1 |4 |7 |Y #n=3
0 |3 |-1 |7 |N
0 |0 |0 |1 |N
0 |0 |6 |6 |Y #n=<anything>
4 |8 |5 |2 |N
code-golf number decision-problem equation
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You are given four numbers. The first three are $a$, $b$, and $c$ respectively, for the sequence:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c$$
You may take input of these four numbers in any way. The output should be one of two distinct outputs mentioned in your answer, one means that the fourth number is a term in the sequence (the above equation has at least one solution for $n$ which is an integer when $a$, $b$, $c$ and $T_n$ are substituted for the given values), the other means the opposite.
This is code golf, so the shortest answer in bytes wins. Your program should work for any input of $a, b, c, T_n$ where the numbers are negative or positive (or 0), decimal or integer. To avoid problems but keep some complexity, non-integers will always just end in $.5$. Standard loop-holes disallowed.
Test cases
a |b |c |T_n |Y/N
------------------------
1 |1 |1 |1 |Y #n=0
2 |3 |5 |2 |N
0.5 |1 |-2 |-0.5|Y #n=1
0.5 |1 |-2 |15.5|Y #n=5
0.5 |1 |-2 |3 |N
-3.5|2 |-6 |-934|Y #n=-16
0 |1 |4 |7 |Y #n=3
0 |3 |-1 |7 |N
0 |0 |0 |1 |N
0 |0 |6 |6 |Y #n=<anything>
4 |8 |5 |2 |N
code-golf number decision-problem equation
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You are given four numbers. The first three are $a$, $b$, and $c$ respectively, for the sequence:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c$$
You may take input of these four numbers in any way. The output should be one of two distinct outputs mentioned in your answer, one means that the fourth number is a term in the sequence (the above equation has at least one solution for $n$ which is an integer when $a$, $b$, $c$ and $T_n$ are substituted for the given values), the other means the opposite.
This is code golf, so the shortest answer in bytes wins. Your program should work for any input of $a, b, c, T_n$ where the numbers are negative or positive (or 0), decimal or integer. To avoid problems but keep some complexity, non-integers will always just end in $.5$. Standard loop-holes disallowed.
Test cases
a |b |c |T_n |Y/N
------------------------
1 |1 |1 |1 |Y #n=0
2 |3 |5 |2 |N
0.5 |1 |-2 |-0.5|Y #n=1
0.5 |1 |-2 |15.5|Y #n=5
0.5 |1 |-2 |3 |N
-3.5|2 |-6 |-934|Y #n=-16
0 |1 |4 |7 |Y #n=3
0 |3 |-1 |7 |N
0 |0 |0 |1 |N
0 |0 |6 |6 |Y #n=<anything>
4 |8 |5 |2 |N
code-golf number decision-problem equation
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You are given four numbers. The first three are $a$, $b$, and $c$ respectively, for the sequence:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c$$
You may take input of these four numbers in any way. The output should be one of two distinct outputs mentioned in your answer, one means that the fourth number is a term in the sequence (the above equation has at least one solution for $n$ which is an integer when $a$, $b$, $c$ and $T_n$ are substituted for the given values), the other means the opposite.
This is code golf, so the shortest answer in bytes wins. Your program should work for any input of $a, b, c, T_n$ where the numbers are negative or positive (or 0), decimal or integer. To avoid problems but keep some complexity, non-integers will always just end in $.5$. Standard loop-holes disallowed.
Test cases
a |b |c |T_n |Y/N
------------------------
1 |1 |1 |1 |Y #n=0
2 |3 |5 |2 |N
0.5 |1 |-2 |-0.5|Y #n=1
0.5 |1 |-2 |15.5|Y #n=5
0.5 |1 |-2 |3 |N
-3.5|2 |-6 |-934|Y #n=-16
0 |1 |4 |7 |Y #n=3
0 |3 |-1 |7 |N
0 |0 |0 |1 |N
0 |0 |6 |6 |Y #n=<anything>
4 |8 |5 |2 |N
code-golf number decision-problem equation
code-golf number decision-problem equation
edited Apr 4 at 17:13
Artemis Fowl
asked Apr 3 at 14:19
Artemis FowlArtemis Fowl
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JavaScript (ES7), 70 bytes
Returns a Boolean value.
(a,b,c,t)=>(t-=c,(a*=2)?(x=(b*b+2*a*t)**.5-b)%a&&(x+b+b)%a:b?t%b:t)==0
Try it online!
How?
For the sake of clarity, we define $d = T_n-c$. (The same variable $t$ is re-used to store this result in the JS code.)
Case $aneq0$
The equation really is quadratic:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c\
an^2+bn-d=0$$
With $a'=2a$, the discriminant is:
$$Delta=b^2+2a'd$$
and the roots are:
$$n_0=frac{-b-sqrt{Delta}}{a'}\
n_1=frac{-b+sqrt{Delta}}{a'}$$
The equation admits an integer root if $sqrt{Delta}$ is an integer and either:
$$begin{align}&-b-sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}\ text{ or }&-b+sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}end{align}$$
Case $a=0, bneq0$
The equation is linear:
$$T_n=bn+c\
bn=d\
n=frac{d}{b}$$
It admits an integer root if $dequiv0pmod b$.
Case $a=0, b=0$
The equation is not depending on $n$ anymore:
$$T_n=c\
d=0$$
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Jelly, 11 10 bytes
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ
A monadic Link which accepts a list of lists* [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
and yields 0
if T_n
is a valid solution or 1
if not.
* admittedly taking a little liberty with "You may take input of these four numbers in any way".
Try it online! Or see a test-suite.
How?
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ - Link: list of lists of integers, [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
/ - reduce by:
_ - subtraction [c-T_n, b, a]
? - if...
Ẹ - ...condition: any?
Ær - ...then: roots of polynomial i.e. roots of a²x+bx+(c-T_n)=0
1 - ...else: literal 1
%1 - modulo 1 (vectorises) i.e. for each: keep any fractional part
- note: (a+bi)%1 yields nan which is truthy
Ạ - all? i.e. all had fractional parts?
- note: all() yields 1
If we could yield non-distinct results then _/Ær1Ẹ?ḞƑƇ
would also work for 10 (it yields 1
when all values are solutions, otherwise a list of the distinct solutions and hence always an empty list when no solutions - this would also meet the standard Truthy vs Falsey definition)
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That input is perfectly fine.
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– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
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05AB1E, 35 bytes
Æ©²Āi²4P³n+tÐdi(‚³-IJ·Ä%P}뮳Āi³%]_
Port of @Arnauld's JavaScript answer, so make sure to upvote him!
Takes the input in the format $[t,c], a, b$.
Try it online
Explanation:
Æ # Reduce the (implicit) input-list by subtraction (`t-c`)
© # Store this value in the register (without popping)
²Āi # If the second input `a` is not 0:
²4P # Calculate `(t-c)*a*4`
³n+ # Add the third input `b` squared to it: `(t-c)*a*4+b*b`
t # Take the square-root of that
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for square-roots of
# negative integers; JS produces NaN, whereas 05AB1E leaves the
# integer unchanged, which is why we have the `di...}` here)
Ð # Triplicate this square
di # If the square is non-negative (>= 0):
(‚ # Pair it with its negative
³- # Subtract the third input `b` from each
Ä # Take the absolute value of both
²·Ä% # Modulo the absolute value of `a` doubled
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for negative modulos,
# which is why we have the two `Ä` here)
P # Then multiply both by taking the product
} # And close the inner if-statement
ë # Else (`a` is 0):
® # Push the `t-c` from the register
³Āi # If the third input `b` is not 0:
³% # Take modulo `b`
] # Close both if-else statements
_ # And check if the result is 0
# (which is output implicitly)
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WouldŲ
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)
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– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
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@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of0
.. 2.Ų
with decimal values (even with.0
) gives0
instead of1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and-4.0
would result in0
instead of-4.0
and4.0
would result in1
instead of0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates:tÐdi
vsDŲitD
; or currentlyDÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.
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– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
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Besides, the results ofŲ
on negative inputs are inconsistent.
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– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
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@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
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– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
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Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 38 bytes
Solve[n^2#+n#2+#3==#4,n,Integers]!={}&
Try it online!
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Jelly, 15 bytes
_3¦UÆr=Ḟ$;3ị=ɗẸ
Try it online!
Built-in helps here but doesn’t handle a=b=0 so this is handled specially.
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JavaScript (ES7), 70 bytes
Returns a Boolean value.
(a,b,c,t)=>(t-=c,(a*=2)?(x=(b*b+2*a*t)**.5-b)%a&&(x+b+b)%a:b?t%b:t)==0
Try it online!
How?
For the sake of clarity, we define $d = T_n-c$. (The same variable $t$ is re-used to store this result in the JS code.)
Case $aneq0$
The equation really is quadratic:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c\
an^2+bn-d=0$$
With $a'=2a$, the discriminant is:
$$Delta=b^2+2a'd$$
and the roots are:
$$n_0=frac{-b-sqrt{Delta}}{a'}\
n_1=frac{-b+sqrt{Delta}}{a'}$$
The equation admits an integer root if $sqrt{Delta}$ is an integer and either:
$$begin{align}&-b-sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}\ text{ or }&-b+sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}end{align}$$
Case $a=0, bneq0$
The equation is linear:
$$T_n=bn+c\
bn=d\
n=frac{d}{b}$$
It admits an integer root if $dequiv0pmod b$.
Case $a=0, b=0$
The equation is not depending on $n$ anymore:
$$T_n=c\
d=0$$
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JavaScript (ES7), 70 bytes
Returns a Boolean value.
(a,b,c,t)=>(t-=c,(a*=2)?(x=(b*b+2*a*t)**.5-b)%a&&(x+b+b)%a:b?t%b:t)==0
Try it online!
How?
For the sake of clarity, we define $d = T_n-c$. (The same variable $t$ is re-used to store this result in the JS code.)
Case $aneq0$
The equation really is quadratic:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c\
an^2+bn-d=0$$
With $a'=2a$, the discriminant is:
$$Delta=b^2+2a'd$$
and the roots are:
$$n_0=frac{-b-sqrt{Delta}}{a'}\
n_1=frac{-b+sqrt{Delta}}{a'}$$
The equation admits an integer root if $sqrt{Delta}$ is an integer and either:
$$begin{align}&-b-sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}\ text{ or }&-b+sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}end{align}$$
Case $a=0, bneq0$
The equation is linear:
$$T_n=bn+c\
bn=d\
n=frac{d}{b}$$
It admits an integer root if $dequiv0pmod b$.
Case $a=0, b=0$
The equation is not depending on $n$ anymore:
$$T_n=c\
d=0$$
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JavaScript (ES7), 70 bytes
Returns a Boolean value.
(a,b,c,t)=>(t-=c,(a*=2)?(x=(b*b+2*a*t)**.5-b)%a&&(x+b+b)%a:b?t%b:t)==0
Try it online!
How?
For the sake of clarity, we define $d = T_n-c$. (The same variable $t$ is re-used to store this result in the JS code.)
Case $aneq0$
The equation really is quadratic:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c\
an^2+bn-d=0$$
With $a'=2a$, the discriminant is:
$$Delta=b^2+2a'd$$
and the roots are:
$$n_0=frac{-b-sqrt{Delta}}{a'}\
n_1=frac{-b+sqrt{Delta}}{a'}$$
The equation admits an integer root if $sqrt{Delta}$ is an integer and either:
$$begin{align}&-b-sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}\ text{ or }&-b+sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}end{align}$$
Case $a=0, bneq0$
The equation is linear:
$$T_n=bn+c\
bn=d\
n=frac{d}{b}$$
It admits an integer root if $dequiv0pmod b$.
Case $a=0, b=0$
The equation is not depending on $n$ anymore:
$$T_n=c\
d=0$$
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JavaScript (ES7), 70 bytes
Returns a Boolean value.
(a,b,c,t)=>(t-=c,(a*=2)?(x=(b*b+2*a*t)**.5-b)%a&&(x+b+b)%a:b?t%b:t)==0
Try it online!
How?
For the sake of clarity, we define $d = T_n-c$. (The same variable $t$ is re-used to store this result in the JS code.)
Case $aneq0$
The equation really is quadratic:
$$T_n=an^2+bn+c\
an^2+bn-d=0$$
With $a'=2a$, the discriminant is:
$$Delta=b^2+2a'd$$
and the roots are:
$$n_0=frac{-b-sqrt{Delta}}{a'}\
n_1=frac{-b+sqrt{Delta}}{a'}$$
The equation admits an integer root if $sqrt{Delta}$ is an integer and either:
$$begin{align}&-b-sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}\ text{ or }&-b+sqrt{Delta}equiv 0pmod{a'}end{align}$$
Case $a=0, bneq0$
The equation is linear:
$$T_n=bn+c\
bn=d\
n=frac{d}{b}$$
It admits an integer root if $dequiv0pmod b$.
Case $a=0, b=0$
The equation is not depending on $n$ anymore:
$$T_n=c\
d=0$$
edited Apr 4 at 8:21
answered Apr 3 at 14:37
ArnauldArnauld
80.7k797334
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Jelly, 11 10 bytes
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ
A monadic Link which accepts a list of lists* [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
and yields 0
if T_n
is a valid solution or 1
if not.
* admittedly taking a little liberty with "You may take input of these four numbers in any way".
Try it online! Or see a test-suite.
How?
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ - Link: list of lists of integers, [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
/ - reduce by:
_ - subtraction [c-T_n, b, a]
? - if...
Ẹ - ...condition: any?
Ær - ...then: roots of polynomial i.e. roots of a²x+bx+(c-T_n)=0
1 - ...else: literal 1
%1 - modulo 1 (vectorises) i.e. for each: keep any fractional part
- note: (a+bi)%1 yields nan which is truthy
Ạ - all? i.e. all had fractional parts?
- note: all() yields 1
If we could yield non-distinct results then _/Ær1Ẹ?ḞƑƇ
would also work for 10 (it yields 1
when all values are solutions, otherwise a list of the distinct solutions and hence always an empty list when no solutions - this would also meet the standard Truthy vs Falsey definition)
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2
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That input is perfectly fine.
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– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
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Jelly, 11 10 bytes
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ
A monadic Link which accepts a list of lists* [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
and yields 0
if T_n
is a valid solution or 1
if not.
* admittedly taking a little liberty with "You may take input of these four numbers in any way".
Try it online! Or see a test-suite.
How?
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ - Link: list of lists of integers, [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
/ - reduce by:
_ - subtraction [c-T_n, b, a]
? - if...
Ẹ - ...condition: any?
Ær - ...then: roots of polynomial i.e. roots of a²x+bx+(c-T_n)=0
1 - ...else: literal 1
%1 - modulo 1 (vectorises) i.e. for each: keep any fractional part
- note: (a+bi)%1 yields nan which is truthy
Ạ - all? i.e. all had fractional parts?
- note: all() yields 1
If we could yield non-distinct results then _/Ær1Ẹ?ḞƑƇ
would also work for 10 (it yields 1
when all values are solutions, otherwise a list of the distinct solutions and hence always an empty list when no solutions - this would also meet the standard Truthy vs Falsey definition)
$endgroup$
2
$begingroup$
That input is perfectly fine.
$endgroup$
– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Jelly, 11 10 bytes
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ
A monadic Link which accepts a list of lists* [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
and yields 0
if T_n
is a valid solution or 1
if not.
* admittedly taking a little liberty with "You may take input of these four numbers in any way".
Try it online! Or see a test-suite.
How?
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ - Link: list of lists of integers, [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
/ - reduce by:
_ - subtraction [c-T_n, b, a]
? - if...
Ẹ - ...condition: any?
Ær - ...then: roots of polynomial i.e. roots of a²x+bx+(c-T_n)=0
1 - ...else: literal 1
%1 - modulo 1 (vectorises) i.e. for each: keep any fractional part
- note: (a+bi)%1 yields nan which is truthy
Ạ - all? i.e. all had fractional parts?
- note: all() yields 1
If we could yield non-distinct results then _/Ær1Ẹ?ḞƑƇ
would also work for 10 (it yields 1
when all values are solutions, otherwise a list of the distinct solutions and hence always an empty list when no solutions - this would also meet the standard Truthy vs Falsey definition)
$endgroup$
Jelly, 11 10 bytes
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ
A monadic Link which accepts a list of lists* [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
and yields 0
if T_n
is a valid solution or 1
if not.
* admittedly taking a little liberty with "You may take input of these four numbers in any way".
Try it online! Or see a test-suite.
How?
_/Ær1Ẹ?%1Ạ - Link: list of lists of integers, [[c, b, a], [T_n]]
/ - reduce by:
_ - subtraction [c-T_n, b, a]
? - if...
Ẹ - ...condition: any?
Ær - ...then: roots of polynomial i.e. roots of a²x+bx+(c-T_n)=0
1 - ...else: literal 1
%1 - modulo 1 (vectorises) i.e. for each: keep any fractional part
- note: (a+bi)%1 yields nan which is truthy
Ạ - all? i.e. all had fractional parts?
- note: all() yields 1
If we could yield non-distinct results then _/Ær1Ẹ?ḞƑƇ
would also work for 10 (it yields 1
when all values are solutions, otherwise a list of the distinct solutions and hence always an empty list when no solutions - this would also meet the standard Truthy vs Falsey definition)
edited Apr 3 at 19:00
answered Apr 3 at 17:23
Jonathan AllanJonathan Allan
54.1k537174
54.1k537174
2
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That input is perfectly fine.
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– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
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2
$begingroup$
That input is perfectly fine.
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– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
2
2
$begingroup$
That input is perfectly fine.
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– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
$begingroup$
That input is perfectly fine.
$endgroup$
– Artemis Fowl
Apr 3 at 18:21
add a comment |
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05AB1E, 35 bytes
Æ©²Āi²4P³n+tÐdi(‚³-IJ·Ä%P}뮳Āi³%]_
Port of @Arnauld's JavaScript answer, so make sure to upvote him!
Takes the input in the format $[t,c], a, b$.
Try it online
Explanation:
Æ # Reduce the (implicit) input-list by subtraction (`t-c`)
© # Store this value in the register (without popping)
²Āi # If the second input `a` is not 0:
²4P # Calculate `(t-c)*a*4`
³n+ # Add the third input `b` squared to it: `(t-c)*a*4+b*b`
t # Take the square-root of that
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for square-roots of
# negative integers; JS produces NaN, whereas 05AB1E leaves the
# integer unchanged, which is why we have the `di...}` here)
Ð # Triplicate this square
di # If the square is non-negative (>= 0):
(‚ # Pair it with its negative
³- # Subtract the third input `b` from each
Ä # Take the absolute value of both
²·Ä% # Modulo the absolute value of `a` doubled
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for negative modulos,
# which is why we have the two `Ä` here)
P # Then multiply both by taking the product
} # And close the inner if-statement
ë # Else (`a` is 0):
® # Push the `t-c` from the register
³Āi # If the third input `b` is not 0:
³% # Take modulo `b`
] # Close both if-else statements
_ # And check if the result is 0
# (which is output implicitly)
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
WouldŲ
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of0
.. 2.Ų
with decimal values (even with.0
) gives0
instead of1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and-4.0
would result in0
instead of-4.0
and4.0
would result in1
instead of0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates:tÐdi
vsDŲitD
; or currentlyDÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
1
$begingroup$
Besides, the results ofŲ
on negative inputs are inconsistent.
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
add a comment |
$begingroup$
05AB1E, 35 bytes
Æ©²Āi²4P³n+tÐdi(‚³-IJ·Ä%P}뮳Āi³%]_
Port of @Arnauld's JavaScript answer, so make sure to upvote him!
Takes the input in the format $[t,c], a, b$.
Try it online
Explanation:
Æ # Reduce the (implicit) input-list by subtraction (`t-c`)
© # Store this value in the register (without popping)
²Āi # If the second input `a` is not 0:
²4P # Calculate `(t-c)*a*4`
³n+ # Add the third input `b` squared to it: `(t-c)*a*4+b*b`
t # Take the square-root of that
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for square-roots of
# negative integers; JS produces NaN, whereas 05AB1E leaves the
# integer unchanged, which is why we have the `di...}` here)
Ð # Triplicate this square
di # If the square is non-negative (>= 0):
(‚ # Pair it with its negative
³- # Subtract the third input `b` from each
Ä # Take the absolute value of both
²·Ä% # Modulo the absolute value of `a` doubled
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for negative modulos,
# which is why we have the two `Ä` here)
P # Then multiply both by taking the product
} # And close the inner if-statement
ë # Else (`a` is 0):
® # Push the `t-c` from the register
³Āi # If the third input `b` is not 0:
³% # Take modulo `b`
] # Close both if-else statements
_ # And check if the result is 0
# (which is output implicitly)
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
WouldŲ
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of0
.. 2.Ų
with decimal values (even with.0
) gives0
instead of1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and-4.0
would result in0
instead of-4.0
and4.0
would result in1
instead of0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates:tÐdi
vsDŲitD
; or currentlyDÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
1
$begingroup$
Besides, the results ofŲ
on negative inputs are inconsistent.
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
add a comment |
$begingroup$
05AB1E, 35 bytes
Æ©²Āi²4P³n+tÐdi(‚³-IJ·Ä%P}뮳Āi³%]_
Port of @Arnauld's JavaScript answer, so make sure to upvote him!
Takes the input in the format $[t,c], a, b$.
Try it online
Explanation:
Æ # Reduce the (implicit) input-list by subtraction (`t-c`)
© # Store this value in the register (without popping)
²Āi # If the second input `a` is not 0:
²4P # Calculate `(t-c)*a*4`
³n+ # Add the third input `b` squared to it: `(t-c)*a*4+b*b`
t # Take the square-root of that
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for square-roots of
# negative integers; JS produces NaN, whereas 05AB1E leaves the
# integer unchanged, which is why we have the `di...}` here)
Ð # Triplicate this square
di # If the square is non-negative (>= 0):
(‚ # Pair it with its negative
³- # Subtract the third input `b` from each
Ä # Take the absolute value of both
²·Ä% # Modulo the absolute value of `a` doubled
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for negative modulos,
# which is why we have the two `Ä` here)
P # Then multiply both by taking the product
} # And close the inner if-statement
ë # Else (`a` is 0):
® # Push the `t-c` from the register
³Āi # If the third input `b` is not 0:
³% # Take modulo `b`
] # Close both if-else statements
_ # And check if the result is 0
# (which is output implicitly)
$endgroup$
05AB1E, 35 bytes
Æ©²Āi²4P³n+tÐdi(‚³-IJ·Ä%P}뮳Āi³%]_
Port of @Arnauld's JavaScript answer, so make sure to upvote him!
Takes the input in the format $[t,c], a, b$.
Try it online
Explanation:
Æ # Reduce the (implicit) input-list by subtraction (`t-c`)
© # Store this value in the register (without popping)
²Āi # If the second input `a` is not 0:
²4P # Calculate `(t-c)*a*4`
³n+ # Add the third input `b` squared to it: `(t-c)*a*4+b*b`
t # Take the square-root of that
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for square-roots of
# negative integers; JS produces NaN, whereas 05AB1E leaves the
# integer unchanged, which is why we have the `di...}` here)
Ð # Triplicate this square
di # If the square is non-negative (>= 0):
(‚ # Pair it with its negative
³- # Subtract the third input `b` from each
Ä # Take the absolute value of both
²·Ä% # Modulo the absolute value of `a` doubled
# (NOTE: 05AB1E and JS behave differently for negative modulos,
# which is why we have the two `Ä` here)
P # Then multiply both by taking the product
} # And close the inner if-statement
ë # Else (`a` is 0):
® # Push the `t-c` from the register
³Āi # If the third input `b` is not 0:
³% # Take modulo `b`
] # Close both if-else statements
_ # And check if the result is 0
# (which is output implicitly)
answered Apr 4 at 9:56
Kevin CruijssenKevin Cruijssen
42.6k571217
42.6k571217
$begingroup$
WouldŲ
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of0
.. 2.Ų
with decimal values (even with.0
) gives0
instead of1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and-4.0
would result in0
instead of-4.0
and4.0
would result in1
instead of0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates:tÐdi
vsDŲitD
; or currentlyDÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
1
$begingroup$
Besides, the results ofŲ
on negative inputs are inconsistent.
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
add a comment |
$begingroup$
WouldŲ
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of0
.. 2.Ų
with decimal values (even with.0
) gives0
instead of1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and-4.0
would result in0
instead of-4.0
and4.0
would result in1
instead of0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates:tÐdi
vsDŲitD
; or currentlyDÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
1
$begingroup$
Besides, the results ofŲ
on negative inputs are inconsistent.
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
$begingroup$
Would
Ų
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
Would
Ų
save some bytes? (Probably not since we later need to compute the square root anyway.)$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 10:37
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.
Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of 0
.. 2. Ų
with decimal values (even with .0
) gives 0
instead of 1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and -4.0
would result in 0
instead of -4.0
and 4.0
would result in 1
instead of 0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates: tÐdi
vs DŲitD
; or currently DÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Unfortunately not for three reasons: 1.
Ų
with negative values somehow gives the value itself instead of 0
.. 2. Ų
with decimal values (even with .0
) gives 0
instead of 1
whether they're a square or not (this is a bug which I will report to Adnan). 3. Even if both would have worked and -4.0
would result in 0
instead of -4.0
and 4.0
would result in 1
instead of 0
, it would still be +2 bytes since we need the square-root and the triplicate would be separated duplicates: tÐdi
vs DŲitD
; or currently DÄïŲitD
to fix the other two mentioned issues.$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 11:58
1
1
$begingroup$
Besides, the results of
Ų
on negative inputs are inconsistent.$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
Besides, the results of
Ų
on negative inputs are inconsistent.$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Apr 4 at 12:30
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
$begingroup$
@Arnauld Wth.. that's indeed pretty weird. And the legacy version even gives a different, just as weird result.. :S I've reported the bugs, including your test TIO to Adnan in the 05AB1E chat.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Cruijssen
Apr 4 at 12:31
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 38 bytes
Solve[n^2#+n#2+#3==#4,n,Integers]!={}&
Try it online!
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 38 bytes
Solve[n^2#+n#2+#3==#4,n,Integers]!={}&
Try it online!
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 38 bytes
Solve[n^2#+n#2+#3==#4,n,Integers]!={}&
Try it online!
$endgroup$
Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 38 bytes
Solve[n^2#+n#2+#3==#4,n,Integers]!={}&
Try it online!
answered Apr 3 at 21:33
J42161217J42161217
13.9k21353
13.9k21353
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Jelly, 15 bytes
_3¦UÆr=Ḟ$;3ị=ɗẸ
Try it online!
Built-in helps here but doesn’t handle a=b=0 so this is handled specially.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Jelly, 15 bytes
_3¦UÆr=Ḟ$;3ị=ɗẸ
Try it online!
Built-in helps here but doesn’t handle a=b=0 so this is handled specially.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Jelly, 15 bytes
_3¦UÆr=Ḟ$;3ị=ɗẸ
Try it online!
Built-in helps here but doesn’t handle a=b=0 so this is handled specially.
$endgroup$
Jelly, 15 bytes
_3¦UÆr=Ḟ$;3ị=ɗẸ
Try it online!
Built-in helps here but doesn’t handle a=b=0 so this is handled specially.
edited Apr 4 at 7:39
answered Apr 3 at 16:46
Nick KennedyNick Kennedy
1,50649
1,50649
add a comment |
add a comment |
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