Arithmetic Slices Ii Subsequence
To solve this coding challenge, we need to identify the total number of arithmetic subsequences in a given array of integers. An arithmetic subsequence is defined as having at least three elements with a constant difference between consecutive elements. This problem involves determining such subsequences efficiently using dynamic programming.
Let us break down the approach methodically:
# Explanation
- Understanding the Arithmetic Subsequence :
- A subsequence is arithmetic if it has at least three elements with a constant difference between any two consecutive elements.
- The problem can be reduced to finding out how many valid subsequences exist for each difference.
- Dynamic Programming Approach :
- Use a list of dictionaries where each dictionary stores counts of subsequences with specific differences ending at the corresponding index.
-
will be a dictionary. For any specific difference
dp[i],dholds the count of arithmetic subsequences ending at indexdp[i][d]with differencei.d - Initialize a result variable to keep track of the total number of valid subsequences.
- Iterating through the Array :
-
For each element
, compare it with every previous element
nums[i]to calculate the differencenums[j].d = nums[i] - nums[j] -
If there already exist arithmetic subsequences ending at
with difference
j(tracked ind), then these can be extended by includingdp[j][d].nums[i] - Updating Dynamic Programming State :
-
Update
by adding
dp[i][d]. Heredp[j][d] + 1accounts for the new pair1, and(nums[j], nums[i])accounts for extending previous sequences.dp[j][d] -
Accumulate the count from
to the result because each sequence stored in
dp[j][d]can be extended bydp[j][d].nums[i] - Returning the Result :
- Return the total count accumulated which represents the number of valid arithmetic subsequences.
- Initialization :
-
Create a list
where
dpis a dictionary to store counts of sequences with specific differences ending at indexdp[i].i -
Initialize
to zero.
total_arithmetic_subsequences - Nested Loop :
-
Iterate through each index
of the array and then each index
ibeforej.i -
For each pair
, compute the difference
(i, j).difference = nums[i] - nums[j] - Count Retrieval and Update :
-
Retrieve the count of sequences ending at
with this difference
j.dp[j].get(difference, 0) -
Update
by adding
dp[i][difference].count_with_difference + 1 - Result Accumulation :
-
Add
to
count_with_differenceto accumulate valid sequences count.total_arithmetic_subsequences - Final Return Value :
-
Return the value of
which represents the total count of arithmetic subsequences in the array.
total_arithmetic_subsequences
Detailed Steps in Pseudocode
The pseudocode simplifies the explanation above into actionable steps without using specific programming syntax.Pseudocode with Comments
# Initialize a list 'dp' where each element is a dictionary to count arithmetic subsequences with different differences.
dp = list of dictionary of integer for each element in nums
# Initialize the result to store the total count of valid subsequences
total_arithmetic_subsequences = 0
# Loop through each element nums[i] in the array
for i from 0 to length of nums - 1:
# Compare with every previous element nums[j]
for j from 0 to i - 1:
# Calculate the difference d
difference = nums[i] - nums[j]
# Check how many subsequences end at j with this difference
count_with_difference = dp[j].get(difference, 0)
# Update dp[i] for the current difference
dp[i][difference] += count_with_difference + 1
# Add the number of sequences that can be extended by nums[i]
total_arithmetic_subsequences += count_with_difference
# Return the total number of arithmetic subsequences
return total_arithmetic_subsequences