// Source : https://leetcode.com/problems/rotate-function/ // Author : Hao Chen // Date : 2016-11-03 /*************************************************************************************** * * Given an array of integers A and let n to be its length. * * Assume Bk to be an array obtained by rotating the array A k positions clock-wise, we * define a "rotation function" F on A as follow: * * F(k) = 0 * Bk[0] + 1 * Bk[1] + ... + (n-1) * Bk[n-1]. * * Calculate the maximum value of F(0), F(1), ..., F(n-1). * * Note: * n is guaranteed to be less than 105. * * Example: * * A = [4, 3, 2, 6] * * F(0) = (0 * 4) + (1 * 3) + (2 * 2) + (3 * 6) = 0 + 3 + 4 + 18 = 25 * F(1) = (0 * 6) + (1 * 4) + (2 * 3) + (3 * 2) = 0 + 4 + 6 + 6 = 16 * F(2) = (0 * 2) + (1 * 6) + (2 * 4) + (3 * 3) = 0 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 23 * F(3) = (0 * 3) + (1 * 2) + (2 * 6) + (3 * 4) = 0 + 2 + 12 + 12 = 26 * * So the maximum value of F(0), F(1), F(2), F(3) is F(3) = 26. ***************************************************************************************/ // // Asumming we have 4 numbers: a, b, c, d, then // F(0) = 0a + 1b + 2c + 3d // F(1) = 3a + 0b + 1c + 2d // F(2) = 2a + 3b + 0c + 1d // F(3) = 1a + 2b + 3c + 0d // // We can see how F(n) transfrom to F(n+1) // F(0) - F(1) = -3a + b + c + d // F(1) - F(2) = a + -3b + c + d // F(2) - F(3) = a + b + -3c + d // F(3) - F(0) = a + b + c + -3d // // So, we can tansfrom to the following experssion: // // F(1) = F(0) - (a+b+c+d) + 4a // F(2) = F[1] - (a+b+c+d) + 4b // F(3) = F[2] - (a+b+c+d) + 4c // // Then, we can see this fomular: // // F(n) = F(n-1) - sum(array) + len(array) * array[n-1] // class Solution { public: int maxRotateFunction(vector& A) { int sum = 0; int F = 0; for (int i=0; i < A.size(); i++) { sum += A[i]; F += (i * A[i]); } int maxF = F; int len = A.size(); //cout << "F(0) = " << maxF <