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Coupled binary exponentiation 2026-10-31
To compute two nonnegative integer powers in one while loop, maintain a separate accumulator, current base and remaining exponent for each exponentiation by squaring. The paired loop invariant is and . For each positive remaining exponent, transfer its odd factor to its accumulator and halve the exponent while squaring its base. A zero remaining exponent is left unchanged. The mathematical integer is a loop variant: at least one positive term strictly decreases in every iteration. Both powers are therefore complete when the loop stops. The iteration count is , with constant space and a constant number of multiplications per iteration. This is an exact-arithmetic identity; floating-point rounding introduces a separate error in a numerical implementation.
Use two indices, initially the first and last positions of the ordered sequence. The two elements occupy distinct positions, so continue only while
i < j:i := 0; j := n-1;
WHILE i < j DO
t := S[i] + S[j];
IF t = x THEN RETURN TRUE
ELSIF t < x THEN i := i+1
ELSE j := j-1
END
END;
RETURN FALSEThe loop invariant is: a solution exists in the original input if and only if one exists with both indices in
[i,j]. If S[i]+S[j] < x, then S[i]+S[k] <= S[i]+S[j] < x for every k <= j, so index i cannot belong to a remaining solution. If the sum is too large, S[k]+S[j] >= S[i]+S[j] > x for every k >= i, so index j cannot belong to one. This proves preservation of the loop invariant. Equality gives the desired pair, and an interval with fewer than two positions contains none.Every unsuccessful iteration decreases the loop variant
j-i by one, so there are at most sum comparisons and only constant space is needed. Duplicate values are permitted if they occupy distinct positions. Under exact constant-cost real arithmetic and endpoint access,Use exponentiation by squaring, retaining the unprocessed exponent in Writing , the loop invariant is and . If the old exponent is , , multiplying the accumulator by and replacing the remaining power by preserves the invariant. When , the unused squaring may be omitted. The nonnegative integer
k:def eaBinary(n: Int): Double = {
require(n > 0)
var base = 1.0 + 1.0 / n.toDouble
var k = n
var result = 1.0
while (k > 0) {
if ((k & 1) != 0) result *= base
k = k / 2
if (k > 0) base *= base
}
result
}k is a loop variant, since for . At exit the remaining power is one, giving . There are iterations, at most one accumulator multiplication and one squaring per iteration, hence multiplications and constant space.Return the lower-bound search boundary, permitting both zero and the array length:The precondition includes nondecreasing order. The loop invariant isInitially both excluded ranges are empty. If , sortedness justifies excluding every position through
def lowerBound(a: Array[Int], x: Int): Int = {
require(a != null) // a is nondecreasing
var lo = 0
var hi = a.length
while (lo < hi) {
val mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2
if (a(mid) < x) lo = mid + 1
else hi = mid
}
lo
}mid; otherwise it justifies excluding every position from mid onwards. The loop variant is a nonnegative integer that strictly decreases. When the old width is positive, mid is a valid array index. The midpoint expression avoids adding two potentially large indices. At exit , so lo satisfies the required partition, including when . Each new width is at most half the old width, rounded down; this gives time complexity and constant space, conventionally for nontrivial sizes.The runtime precondition check rules out negative dimensions:Both links point to the fresh list header, so all reciprocal-link conditions hold and there are no ordinary entries to violate ordering or nonzero-value requirements. The abstraction function therefore yields the zero vector of dimension
def makeZeroVector(size: Int): Node = {
require(size >= 0)
val h = new Node(0.0, size)
h.prev = h
h.next = h
h
}size. Construction uses constant time and constant space.The following class uses the bounded insertion contract from part (b). For
slot performs mathematical circular indexing with a wider intermediate, so even large legal indices do not overflow before reduction:class ArrayDoubleEndedQueue(val MAX: Int) extends DoubleEndedQueue {
require(MAX > 0)
private val a = new Array[Int](MAX)
private var head = 0
private var size = 0
private def slot(offset: Int): Int =
((head.toLong + offset.toLong) % MAX.toLong).toInt
private def before(i: Int): Int = if (i == 0) MAX - 1 else i - 1
private def after(i: Int): Int = if (i == MAX - 1) 0 else i + 1
def isEmpty: Boolean = size == 0
def addLeft(x: Int): Unit = {
require(size < MAX)
head = before(head)
a(head) = x
size += 1
}
def addRight(x: Int): Unit = {
require(size < MAX)
a(slot(size)) = x
size += 1
}
def getLeft(): Int = {
require(size > 0)
val x = a(head)
head = after(head)
size -= 1
x
}
def getRight(): Int = {
require(size > 0)
val x = a(slot(size - 1))
size -= 1
x
}
}addLeft, moving the first position back one slot makes the old position the new logical index one; inserting at the new position prepends x. For addRight, the old size is the first unoccupied logical index, so writing there appends x. The removals read the appropriate endpoint and exclude that slot from the occupied interval. Every operation preserves the representation invariant and realizes the abstraction function postcondition. Old contents in unused slots cannot be observed through this interface. Each operation performs a fixed number of accesses and arithmetic operations, hence has constant time and constant space per call, apart from the class's backing storage.Place this object method inside the concrete class. Its precondition is the representation invariant; its postcondition is that the abstract data type state is unchanged and its left-to-right contents have been printed in bracket notation followed by a newline:Assume ordinary sequential execution and successful output. The loop invariant is , unchanged representation, and output consisting of
def display: Unit = {
print("[")
var i = 0
while (i < size) {
if (i > 0) print(", ")
print(a(slot(i)))
i += 1
}
println("]")
}[ followed by precisely the first abstract values, separated by commas and spaces. The loop variant decreases. At exit the closing bracket completes the required display, including [] for emptiness. This takes output operations and constant space.