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We are given two arrays num[0..k-1] and rem[0..k-1]. In num[0..k-1], every pair is coprime (gcd for every pair is 1). We need to find minimum positive number x such that:
x % num[0] = rem[0], x % num[1] = rem[1], ....................... x % num[k-1] = rem[k-1]
Example:
Input: num[] = {3, 4, 5}, rem[] = {2, 3, 1}
Output: 11
Explanation:
11 is the smallest number such that:
(1) When we divide it by 3, we get remainder 2.
(2) When we divide it by 4, we get remainder 3.
(3) When we divide it by 5, we get remainder 1.
We strongly recommend to refer below post as a prerequisite for this.
Chinese Remainder Theorem | Set 1 (Introduction)
We have discussed a Naive solution to find minimum x. In this article, an efficient solution to find x is discussed.
The solution is based on below formula.
x = ( ? (rem[i]*pp[i]*inv[i]) ) % prod Where 0 <= i <= n-1 rem[i] is given array of remainders prod is product of all given numbers prod = num[0] * num[1] * ... * num[k-1] pp[i] is product of all divided by num[i] pp[i] = prod / num[i] inv[i] = Modular Multiplicative Inverse of pp[i] with respect to num[i]
Example:
Let us take below example to understand the solution
num[] = {3, 4, 5}, rem[] = {2, 3, 1}
prod = 60
pp[] = {20, 15, 12}
inv[] = {2, 3, 3} // (20*2)%3 = 1, (15*3)%4 = 1
// (12*3)%5 = 1
x = (rem[0]*pp[0]*inv[0] + rem[1]*pp[1]*inv[1] +
rem[2]*pp[2]*inv[2]) % prod
= (2*20*2 + 3*15*3 + 1*12*3) % 60
= (80 + 135 + 36) % 60
= 11
Refer this for nice visual explanation of above formula.
Below is the implementation of above formula. We can use Extended Euclid based method discussed here to find inverse modulo.
Output:
x is 11
Time Complexity : O(N*LogN)
Auxiliary Space : O(1)