Find Terms of Series Problem

Ayush is tasked with determining the first 'X' terms of the series defined by 3 * N + 2, ensuring that no term is a multiple of 4.

Input:

The first line contains a single integer 'T', the number of test cases. Each test case includes one integer 'X', which represents the number of terms required from the series.

Output:

For each test case, return a list containing the first 'X' terms of the series 3 * N + 2 that are not multiples of 4. Each test case's output should be on a new line.

Example:

Input:

X = 4

Output:

[5, 11, 14, 17]

Explanation:

The sequence begins as 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, ...; the numbers 5, 11, 14, and 17 are not multiples of 4.

Constraints:

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Question

Find Terms of Series Problem

Ayush is tasked with determining the first 'X' terms of the series defined by 3 * N + 2, ensuring that no term is a multiple of 4.

Input:

The first line contains a single integer 'T', the number of test cases.
Each test case includes one integer 'X', which represents the number of terms required from the series.

Output:

For each test case, return a list containing the first 'X' terms of the series 3 * N + 2 that are not multiples of 4.
Each test case's output should be on a new line.

Example:

Input:

X = 4

Output:

[5, 11, 14, 17]

Explanation:

The sequence begins as 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, ...; the numbers 5, 11, 14, and 17 are not multiples of 4.

Constraints:

1 <= T <= 10^2
1 <= X <= 10^5

Note: You don’t need to perform any output operations; focus on implementing the solution logic.

Accepted Answer

Generate the first 'X' terms of a series 3 * N + 2, excluding multiples of 4.

Iterate through numbers starting from 1 and check if 3 * N + 2 is not a multiple of 4.
Keep track of the count of terms generated and stop when 'X' terms are found.
Return the list of 'X' terms that meet the criteria.
Example: For X = 4, the output should be [5, 11, 14, 17].

Accepted Answer

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For each test case, return a vector with the first ‘X’ integer of the series 3 * ‘N’ + 2, which is not multiple of 4. Output for every test case will be printed in a separate line.
Note:
You don’t need to print anything; It has already been taken care of.
Constraints:
1 <= T <= 10^2 1 <= X <= 10^5 Time Limit: 1 sec
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To solve the problem, we need to generate a series for each test case based on the formula 3 * N + 2, where N is a positive integer, and filter out values that are divisible by 4. We need to return the first X such numbers that satisfy this condition.

Approach:
Series Generation:

The series is generated by iterating over increasing values of N, starting from 1.
For each N, the value of the series is calculated using 3 * N + 2.
We need to check if this value is divisible by 4 ((3 * N + 2) % 4 == 0). If it is divisible by 4, we skip that number.
If it is not divisible by 4, we add it to the result list.
Efficient Computation:

Given that we can have up to 100 test cases and each test case can require up to 10^5 numbers, we should precompute the first 10^5 valid numbers in advance. This allows us to quickly slice the list for each test case.
We will precompute the series and store the results, then for each test case, simply output the required number of terms.
Steps:

Precompute the sequence of numbers that satisfy the condition for up to 10^5 terms.
For each test case, return the first X terms from the precomputed list.
Code Implementation:
def precompute_series(limit):
    series = []
    N = 1
    while len(series) < limit:
        number = 3 * N + 2
        if number % 4 != 0:
            series.append(number)
        N += 1
    return series

def solve():
    # Precompute the first 100000 numbers in the series
    limit = 100000
    series = precompute_series(limit)
    
    # Read the number of test cases
    T = int(input())
    
    # Process each test case
    for _ in range(T):
        X = int(input())
        print(*series[:X])

Explanation:
precompute_series:

This function generates the first limit numbers of the series 3 * N + 2 where the number is not divisible by 4.
The series is built by iterating over increasing values of N starting from 1. For each N, the number is calculated as 3 * N + 2. If it's not divisible by 4, it's added to the result list.
The function returns a list of valid numbers.
solve:

This function handles reading input, invoking the precomputation, and printing the result.
First, we precompute the series once up to 100,000 valid numbers.
For each test case, we read the value X, and print the first X numbers from the precomputed list.
Time Complexity:
Precomputation: In the worst case, the function will loop until it has found 100,000 valid numbers. This process involves checking each number to see if it is divisible by 4, which is an O(1) operation. So the precomputation takes approximately O(N), where N is the number of valid numbers needed.

Test Case Processing: Each test case requires slicing the precomputed list to get the first X numbers, which takes O(X) time. Since each test case has an independent result, the total time for all test cases will be the sum of the times for each individual test case.

Given the constraints, this approach should work efficiently within the time limits.

Example:
Input:
3
5
10
3
Output:
5 8 11 14 17
5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32
5 8 11
This solution precomputes the first 100,000 valid numbers, and each test case simply slices this precomputed list to retrieve the first X numbers. This ensures that the solution is efficient enough to handle the upper limits of the problem.