Ulam numbers
With the following initial conditions:
u1 = 1
u2 = 2
we define the n-th Ulam number un as the number such that is greater than un-1 and uniquely written as a sum of two different Ulam numbers ui (<n) and uj (<n).
- Task
Write a function to generate the n-th Ulam number.
- References
Go
<lang go>package main
import "fmt"
func ulam(n int) int {
ulams := []int{1, 2}
set := map[int]bool{1: true, 2: true}
i := 3
for {
count := 0
for j := 0; j < len(ulams); j++ {
_, ok := set[i-ulams[j]]
if ok && ulams[j] != (i-ulams[j]) {
count++
if count > 2 {
break
}
}
}
if count == 2 {
ulams = append(ulams, i)
set[i] = true
if len(ulams) == n {
break
}
}
i++
}
return ulams[n-1]
}
func main() {
for n := 10; n <= 10000; n *= 10 {
fmt.Println("The", n, "\bth Ulam number is", ulam(n))
}
}</lang>
- Output:
The 10th Ulam number is 18 The 100th Ulam number is 690 The 1000th Ulam number is 12294 The 10000th Ulam number is 132788
Haskell
Lazy List
<lang haskell>ulam
:: Integral i =>
Int -> i
ulam 1 = 1 ulam 2 = 2 ulam n
| n > 2 = ulams !! (n-1)
ulams
:: Integral n =>
[n]
ulams = 1:2:(nexts [2,1]) nexts us = u: (nexts (u:us))
where
n = length us
[u] = head . filter isSingleton . group . sort $
[v | i <- [0 .. n-2], j <- [i+1 .. n-1]
, let s = us !! i
, let t = us !! j
, let v = s+t
, v > head us
]
isSingleton :: [a] -> Bool isSingleton as
| length as == 1 = True | otherwise = False</lang>
Wren
<lang ecmascript>import "/set" for Set
var ulam = Fn.new() { |n|
var ulams = [1, 2]
var set = Set.new(ulams)
var i = 3
while (true) {
var count = 0
for (j in 0...ulams.count) {
if (set.contains(i - ulams[j]) && ulams[j] != (i - ulams[j])) {
count = count + 1
if (count > 2) break
}
}
if (count == 2) {
ulams.add(i)
set.add(i)
if (ulams.count == n) break
}
i = i + 1
}
return ulams[-1]
}
var n = 1 while (true) {
n = n * 10
System.print("The %(n)th Ulam number is %(ulam.call(n))")
if (n == 10000) break
}</lang>
- Output:
The 10th Ulam number is 18 The 100th Ulam number is 690 The 1000th Ulam number is 12294 The 10000th Ulam number is 132788