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1201. Ugly Number III

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Description

An ugly number is a positive integer that is divisible by a, b, or c.

Given four integers n, a, b, and c, return the nth ugly number.

 

Example 1:

Input: n = 3, a = 2, b = 3, c = 5
Output: 4
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10... The 3rd is 4.

Example 2:

Input: n = 4, a = 2, b = 3, c = 4
Output: 6
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12... The 4th is 6.

Example 3:

Input: n = 5, a = 2, b = 11, c = 13
Output: 10
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13... The 5th is 10.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= n, a, b, c <= 109
  • 1 <= a * b * c <= 1018
  • It is guaranteed that the result will be in range [1, 2 * 109].

Solution

ugly-number-iii.py
class Solution:
    def nthUglyNumber(self, n: int, a: int, b: int, c: int) -> int:

        def enough(x):
            total = (x // a) + (x // b) + (x // c) - (x // ab) - (x // bc) - (x // ac) + (x // abc)
            return total >= n

        ab = a*b // math.gcd(a,b)
        bc = b*c // math.gcd(b,c)
        ac = a*c // math.gcd(a,c)
        abc = a*bc // math.gcd(a,bc)

        left, right = 1, 10 ** 10
        while left < right:
            mid = left + (right-left) // 2

            if enough(mid):
                right = mid
            else:
                left = mid + 1

        return left