Written before
Border Theory,which was not well-known enough,should have been publicized together with KMP or similar algorithms.But nowadays lots of people don't know such a theory exist,making them unable to solve several tasks easily or even can't get a fast solution.So it's time to complete the blog as what I will do on this.
Ordinary Border Theory
Conclution
For a string $$$S$$$, There are a squence of strings:
it's garenteed that there exist a way to divide the sequence into $$$\operatorname{O}(\log |S|)$$$ continuous subsequence that each subsequence forms an arithmetic sequence.
Proof
First of all,we found that if there's a string $$$T$$$ as a border of $$$S$$$ and $$$2|T| \ge |S|$$$, Then the sequence of where $$$T$$$ appears in $$$S$$$ forms an arthmetic sequence.
Second,We found that all lengths of border $$$T$$$ that $$$2|T| \ge |S|$$$ will form an arthmetic sequence:
So there's a way that if $$$p \lt q,p,q \text{ are the length of borders}$$$ not in the same continuous sequence, $$$2p \lt q$$$ exist,So the conclution is right.
Task
Given at most $$$5$$$ cases in a test case,each cases gives a string $$$S(1 \le |S| \le 5 \times 10 ^ 5)$$$ and an integer $$$w(1 \le w \le 10 ^ {18})$$$, when we have a string $$$T$$$ we can make the new string by $$$|T| + |S|$$$ or if a suffix $$$A$$$ in $$$T$$$ is also the prefix of $$$S$$$, $$$T - A + S$$$ can be formed as there's a string of length $$$|T| - |A| + |S|$$$.Find the number of distinct length of strings in $$$[1,w]$$$ can be formed.
Extention to palindromes
As we'll found that The borders of palindormes are also the palindromes suffixes of a palindrome, then we can say that for a string $$$S$$$, the lengths of palindrome suffixes form $$$\operatorname{O}(\log |S|)$$$ continuous arthmetic substrings. We can also say that even lengths of palindrome suffixes form $$$\operatorname{O}(\log |S|)$$$ continuous arthmetic substrings.
Shlink pointer
introduction
As $$$shlink_i$$$ means to a node $$$i$$$,which node is the start of the next arthmetic sequence,can be calculated like this:
shlink[i] = link[i];
diff[i] = len[i] - len[link[i]];
if(diff[i] == diff[link[i]])
shlink[i] = shlink[link[i]];
Then we'll find:
Which is a good way to make use of Border Theory.
Tasks
In 932G - Palindrome Partition we can make a string $$$T$$$ by:
- $$$t_{2k - 1} = s_{k}$$$
- $$$t_{2k} = s_{n - k + 1}$$$
Then we found that The task turns to how to divide $$$T$$$ into several even palindromes, we tries to solve it using dynamic planning as $$$dp_i$$$ is the answer of the prefix of length $$$i$$$, then we use shlink pointers to make it $$$\operatorname{O}(|S| \log |S|)$$$.
Such solution is similar to 906E - Reverses,which turns:
- $$$t_{2k - 1} = x_k$$$
- $$$t_{2k} = y_k$$$
And use dynamic planning
Summary
Sometimes we found that our solution is slow because we may have to bruteforce on borders. But when using the theory,we may found that the solution sovlvable and easy instead of others that might be complex.
