#2862

Maximum Element-Sum of a Complete Subset of Indices

Hard
ArrayMathNumber TheoryHash MapArray
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Approaches

Brute ForceOptimal
Complexity Comparison
Brute ForceOptimal Solution
Time
O(n²)
O(n * sqrt(max(nums)))
Space
O(1)
O(n)
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Intuition

Time O(n * sqrt(max(nums)))Space O(n)

The optimal approach involves grouping indices based on their prime factorization characteristics. By using a HashMap to store sums of elements with the same prime product, we can efficiently calculate the maximum subset sum.

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Algorithm

4 steps
  1. 1Step 1: Create a function to compute the prime product P(x) for each index based on its number.
  2. 2Step 2: Use a HashMap to group the sums of nums based on their prime product.
  3. 3Step 3: Iterate through nums, calculate P(i) for each index, and update the HashMap with the sums.
  4. 4Step 4: The maximum value in the HashMap will be our result.
solution.py23 lines
1# Full working Python code
2import math
3from collections import defaultdict
4
5def prime_product(x):
6    factors = defaultdict(int)
7    for i in range(2, int(math.sqrt(x)) + 1):
8        while x % i == 0:
9            factors[i] += 1
10            x //= i
11    if x > 1:
12        factors[x] += 1
13    return tuple(p for p, exp in factors.items() if exp % 2 == 1)
14
15def max_subset_sum(nums):
16    sum_map = defaultdict(int)
17    for i in range(len(nums)):
18        p = prime_product(nums[i])
19        sum_map[p] += nums[i]
20    return max(sum_map.values())
21
22# Example usage
23print(max_subset_sum([8,7,3,5,7,2,4,9]))  # Output: 16

Complexity note: This complexity arises from iterating through the nums array and calculating the prime product, which can take up to sqrt(max(nums)) time for each element.

  • 1Understanding prime factorization is crucial for grouping indices effectively.
  • 2Perfect squares have specific properties that can be exploited using prime factorization.

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