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By O--O, history, 17 months ago, In English

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    yes, but I've met the third task here

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    In B 1000ms TL and input of 1e6 which is too much for scripting languages to read.

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      What do you mean? The time limit seemed reasonable

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        I think it is possible to make constraints weaker so that it still surely doesn't allow to pass inefficient solutions. The problems is that scripting languages (e.g. Perl) can't even read 1e6 numbers in 1000 ms. I think usually it is OK 5e5 and 2 sec TL, or 1e6 and 4 sec TL.

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How to solve last problem

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    Let $$$e(p)$$$ be exponent of prime $$$p$$$ in $$$f(x)$$$, where $$$f(x) = 1! * 2! * 3! ... * x!$$$.

    Imagine extracting out single $$$p$$$ from $$$p! , (2p)!, (3p)! ...((x/p)p)!$$$ from $$$f(x)$$$, this would contribute: $$$(x/p)(x+1) - p(x/p)((x/p) + 1)/2$$$ powers of $$$p$$$.

    But still you can extract $$$p's$$$ from $$$p^{2}!, (2p^{2})!, (3p^{2})! ...((x/p^{2})p^{2})!$$$, this would contribute: $$$(x/p^{2})(x+1) - p^{2}(x/p^{2})((x/p^{2}) + 1)/2$$$ powers of $$$p$$$.

    Again you can extract more $$$p's$$$ from $$$p^{3}!, (2p^{3})!, (3p^{3})! ...((x/p^{3})p^{3})!$$$, this would contribute: $$$(x/p^{3})(x+1) - p^{3}(x/p^{3})((x/p^{3}) + 1)/2$$$ powers of $$$p$$$.

    And so on..

    So, you gotta continue summing up till $$$\lceil log_{p}(1e^{9}) \rceil$$$ iterations. That's pretty small!

    Complexity: $$$O(t\lceil log_{5}N \rceil)$$$, where $$$t$$$ are no. of testcases.

    Answer will be the exponent of $$$5$$$ in $$$f(x)$$$. (Of course)

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      Hi please can you explain more about contribution part? I am unable to get how you got that formula.

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    Highest power of a prime $$$p$$$ which divides $$$n!$$$ is $$$\frac{n - sum(n)}{p - 1}$$$. Here $$$sum(n)$$$ is the sum of digits of $$$n$$$ in base $$$p$$$. You need to find the summation of this over $$$[a,b]$$$ for $$$p = 5$$$.

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Short and sweet contest :)

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Did C's intended solution use Binary Exponentiation or the Pisano Period? The latter seems much more elegant to me.

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D can be solved in $$$O(n)$$$ time obviously.

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Writing the comment to save the post so I can give the contest later

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