Given an integer N, the task is to find the summation of the harmonic series
Examples:
Input: N = 5
Output: 10
floor(3/1) + floor(3/2) + floor(3/3) = 3 + 1 + 1 = 5
Input: N = 20
Output: 66
Naive approach: Run a loop from 1 to N and find the summation of the floor values of N / i. Time complexity of this approach will be O(n).
Efficient approach: Use the following formula to calculate the summation of the series:
Now, the loop needs to be run from 1 to sqrt(N) and the time complexity gets reduced to O(sqrt(N))
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
// Function to return the summation of
// the given harmonic series
long long int getSum(int n)
{
// To store the summation
long long int sum = 0;
// Floor of sqrt(n)
int k = sqrt(n);
// Summation of floor(n / i)
for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++) {
sum += floor(n / i);
}
// From the formula
sum *= 2;
sum -= pow(k, 2);
return sum;
}
// Driver code
int main()
{
int n = 5;
cout << getSum(n);
return 0;
}
// Java implementation of the approach
class GFG
{
// Function to return the summation of
// the given harmonic series
static long getSum(int n)
{
// To store the summation
long sum = 0;
// Floor of sqrt(n)
int k = (int)Math.sqrt(n);
// Summation of floor(n / i)
for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++)
{
sum += Math.floor(n / i);
}
// From the formula
sum *= 2;
sum -= Math.pow(k, 2);
return sum;
}
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int n = 5;
System.out.println(getSum(n));
}
}
// This code is contributed by AnkitRai01
# Python3 implementation of the approach
from math import floor, sqrt, ceil
# Function to return the summation of
# the given harmonic series
def getSum(n):
# To store the summation
summ = 0
# Floor of sqrt(n)
k =(n)**(.5)
# Summation of floor(n / i)
for i in range(1, floor(k) + 1):
summ += floor(n / i)
# From the formula
summ *= 2
summ -= pow(floor(k), 2)
return summ
# Driver code
n = 5
print(getSum(n))
# This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar
// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
class GFG
{
// Function to return the summation of
// the given harmonic series
static double getSum(int n)
{
// To store the summation
double sum = 0;
// Floor of sqrt(n)
int k = (int)Math.Sqrt(n);
// Summation of floor(n / i)
for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++)
{
sum += Math.Floor((double)n / i);
}
// From the formula
sum *= 2;
sum -= Math.Pow(k, 2);
return sum;
}
// Driver code
public static void Main (String[] args)
{
int n = 5;
Console.WriteLine(getSum(n));
}
}
// This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992
<script>
// Javascript implementation of the approach
// Function to return the summation of
// the given harmonic series
function getSum(n)
{
// To store the summation
let sum = 0;
// Floor of sqrt(n)
let k = parseInt(Math.sqrt(n));
// Summation of floor(n / i)
for (let i = 1; i <= k; i++) {
sum += Math.floor(n / i);
}
// From the formula
sum *= 2;
sum -= Math.pow(k, 2);
return sum;
}
// Driver code
let n = 5;
document.write(getSum(n));
</script>
Output:
10
Time Complexity: O(sqrt(n)), since the for loop runs for sqrt(n) times.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), since no extra space has been taken.