Plz help me in solving a simple problem on spoj http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAIN113/
i am not able to conclude a general formula for any 'n'........i derived one but found it wrong...plz some one guide !!
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Plz help me in solving a simple problem on spoj http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAIN113/
i am not able to conclude a general formula for any 'n'........i derived one but found it wrong...plz some one guide !!
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The total number of string that are speacial will always be 6 ?? since the number of ways to select 1st character are 3 and for 2nd 2 and 3rd 1 and once we select a letter then the letter on i+3th position should be the same as ith letter.so what I'm doing is, calculating the number of total strings of length n made using X,Y,Z ,. 3^n and substracting it from 6.But i'm getting wrong answer.Here is the code http://ideone.com/UuTLaj .Pls tell me where I'm wrong in this approach.
No, is not always 6.
Why i+3th position should be the same as ith letter? YZXXYY is special