03 Jul Aurora Saturday 14:30 Python Practice 22.06.25.
Question: Starting with x and repeatedly multiplying by x, we can compute x31 with thirty multiplications: x2 = x × x, x3 = x2 × x, x4 = x3 × x, …, x31 = x30 × x. The operation of squaring can be appreciably shorten the sequence of multiplications. The following is a way to compute x31 with eight multiplications: x2 = x × x, x3 = x2 × x, x6 = x3 × x3, x7 = x6 × x, x14 = x7 × x7, x15 = x14 × x, x30 = x15 × x15, x31 = x30 × x. This is not the shortest sequence of multiplications to compute x31. There are many ways with...