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By bristy, 12 years ago, In English
I try to solve problem on uva id:10229
http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=1170
its givig me tle.....
i have to find fibonacci number upon mod M.
Can any tell how to do this in log(n) time?
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In this problem you can do it in O(1), as M is <= 20 and the sequence (Fn mod M) will loop.
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    M ≤ 220
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      Ah, didn't notice that we are looking Fn modulo 2^M.

      Anyway, the O(1) is still true, but the constant would be quite big ;)