Fibonacci

ID: 366; naive; 斐波纳契数列

"Solution 1" (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        if (n <= 1) return 0;
        if (n == 2) return 1;
        return fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n - 2);
    }
}

Notes

  • Classical recursion example

  • This actually will not pass the test on LintCode (test a relatively large Fibonacci number say the 50th).

  • Time complexity: O(2^n), extremely bad exponential runtime.

  • Space complexity: O(1), excluding stack space (O(n)).

Solution 2 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        int[] memo = new int[n + 1];
        return fibHelper(n, memo);
    }

    private int fibHelper(int n, int[] memo) {
        if (n <= 1) return 0;
        if (n == 2) return 1;
        if (memo[n] > 0) return memo[n];
        memo[n] = fibHelper(n - 1, memo) + fibHelper(n - 2, memo);
        return memo[n];
    }
}

Notes

  • This solution uses an array to store the Fibonacci values by the concept of memoization.

  • Time complexity: O(n)

  • Space complexity: O(n)

Solution 3 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        int n1 = 0, n2 = 1, sum = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
            sum = n1 + n2;
            n1 = n2;
            n2 = sum;
        }
        return n1;
    }
}

Notes

  • This solution also uses the idea of memoization, but it uses a constant number of variables to only store the most important information (current 3 numbers).

  • n1, n2, sum are the current two numbers and the previous sum of the two numbers.

  • Time complexity: O(n)

  • Space complexity: O(1)

Solution 4 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        int[] fib = new int[]{0, 1, 1};
        for (int i = 3; i < n; i++) {
            fib[i % 3] = fib[(i-1) % 3] + fib[(i-2) % 3];
        }
        return fib[(n-1) % 3];
    }
}

Notes

  • This solution is similar to Solution 2 by using a length-3 array to store the 3 important numbers.

  • It is also somewhat different because the third element of the array is indeed the current sum of the first and second elements.

  • Time complexity: O(n)

  • Space complexity: O(1)

Solution 5 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        int[][] fib = new int[][] { { 1, 1 }, { 1, 0 } };
        if (n <= 1) return 0;
        power(fib, n);
        return fib[0][0];
    }

    private void power(int[][] fib, int n) {
        int[][] fibCopy = new int[][] { { 1, 1 }, { 1, 0 } };
        for (int i = 0; i < n - 3; i++) {
            matrixMul(fib, fibCopy);
        }
    }

    private void matrixMul(int[][] fib, int[][] fibCopy) {
        int x = fib[0][0] * fibCopy[0][0] + fib[0][1] * fibCopy[1][0];
        int y = fib[0][0] * fibCopy[0][1] + fib[0][1] * fibCopy[1][1];
        int z = fib[1][0] * fibCopy[0][0] + fib[1][1] * fibCopy[1][0];
        int w = fib[1][0] * fibCopy[0][1] + fib[1][1] * fibCopy[1][1];

        fib[0][0] = x;
        fib[0][1] = y;
        fib[1][0] = z;
        fib[1][1] = w;
    }
}

Notes

  • By the above mathematical rule of Fibonacci numbers, we have this solution.

  • Note that the loop does not run for n = 1, 2, 3 nor any non-positive numbers. So it starts with n = 4 in the code, but n is actually 2 in the formula and the top-left element would be F3, which is the correct result for the input n = 4 in the code.

  • Time complexity: O(n)

  • Space complexity: O(1)

Solution 6 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        int[][] fib = new int[][] { { 1, 1 }, { 1, 0 } };
        if (n <= 1) return 0;
        power(fib, n - 2);
        return fib[0][0];
    }

    private void power(int[][] fib, int n) {
        if (n == 0 || n == 1) return;
        int[][] fibCopy = new int[][] { { 1, 1 }, { 1, 0 } };
        power(fib, n / 2);
        matrixMul(fib, fib);

        if (n % 2 != 0) matrixMul(fib, fibCopy);
    }

    private void matrixMul(int[][] fib, int[][] fibCopy) {
        int x = fib[0][0] * fibCopy[0][0] + fib[0][1] * fibCopy[1][0];
        int y = fib[0][0] * fibCopy[0][1] + fib[0][1] * fibCopy[1][1];
        int z = fib[1][0] * fibCopy[0][0] + fib[1][1] * fibCopy[1][0];
        int w = fib[1][0] * fibCopy[0][1] + fib[1][1] * fibCopy[1][1];

        fib[0][0] = x;
        fib[0][1] = y;
        fib[1][0] = z;
        fib[1][1] = w;
    }
}

Notes

  • Using the same idea in Solution 5, we optimize the power function by using divide and conquer. This idea is also illustrated in this Pow(x, n) problem.

  • Time complexity: O(log n)

  • Space complexity: O(1)

This solution can also be extended by deriving a recursive relation from the matrix multiplication. The formula/relation is:

  • When n is even and k = n / 2,

  • When n is even and k = (n+1) / 2,

  • The derivation is shown here:

  • This extension would have the same time and space complexity as done in code above. The reason is that this is still essentially divide and conquer where k is half of n each time.

Solution 7 (Java)

public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: an integer
     * @return: an ineger f(n)
     */
    public int fibonacci(int n) {
        double phi = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
        return (int) Math.round(Math.pow(phi, --n) / Math.sqrt(5));
    }
}

Notes

  • This solution uses the mathematical formula for calculation (not the recursive relation).

  • Note that n-- because the problem is 1-indexed.

  • Time complexity: O(log n) with the assumption that Math.pow takes log n time.

  • Space complexity: O(1).

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