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Problem 009
Special Pythagorean triplet: a + b + c = 1000, a² + b² = c². Return the product a·b·c.
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Performance comparison
Metric Our solution Best known
Time complexity O(n^2)O(n)
Space complexity O(1)O(1)
Approach Flow solution Euclid parametrisation of Pythagorean triples
Verdict Suboptimal
Flow source
# Project Euler 009
# Special Pythagorean triplet: a + b + c = 1000, a² + b² = c².
# Return the product a·b·c.
function solve(perimeter: i64) -> i64 {
for a in 1..(perimeter / 3) {
for b in (a + 1)..(perimeter / 2) {
let c: i64 = perimeter - a - b
if b >= c {
break
}
if a * a + b * b == c * c {
return a * b * c
}
}
}
return 0
}
function main() -> i32 {
printf("%lld\n", solve(1000))
return 0
}
Generated C
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
/* Flow runtime helpers */
typedef struct flow_temp_node { struct flow_temp_node* next; } flow_temp_node;
static flow_temp_node* flow_temp_head = NULL;
static int flow_temp_atexit_set = 0;
__attribute__((unused)) static void flow_temp_free_all(void) {
while (flow_temp_head) {
flow_temp_node* n = flow_temp_head;
flow_temp_head = n->next;
free(n);
}
}
__attribute__((unused)) static void* flow_temp_alloc(size_t nbytes) {
flow_temp_node* node = (flow_temp_node*)malloc(sizeof(flow_temp_node) + nbytes);
if (!node) return NULL;
node->next = flow_temp_head;
flow_temp_head = node;
if (!flow_temp_atexit_set) {
flow_temp_atexit_set = 1;
atexit(flow_temp_free_all);
}
return (void*)(node + 1);
}
#ifndef FLOW_DIAG
#define FLOW_DIAG(msg) fprintf(stderr, "%s", (msg))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_LOG
#define FLOW_LOG(fmt, ...) printf(fmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_LOG_EMPTY
#define FLOW_LOG_EMPTY(fmt) printf(fmt)
#endif
static char* flow_strcat(const char* a, const char* b) {
size_t la = strlen(a ? a : ""), lb = strlen(b ? b : "");
char* r = (char*)flow_temp_alloc(la + lb + 1);
if (!r) return NULL;
if (la) memcpy(r, a, la);
if (lb) memcpy(r + la, b, lb);
r[la + lb] = '\0';
return r;
}
#define __flow_in_arr(arr, val) __extension__ ({ \
int _found = 0; \
size_t _n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof((arr)[0]); \
for (size_t _i = 0; _i < _n; _i++) { \
if ((arr)[_i] == (val)) { _found = 1; break; } \
} _found; })
/* Unified fault handler (MISRA #279) — override with -DFLOW_FAULT_HANDLER=fn */
#ifndef FLOW_FAULT_HANDLER
__attribute__((unused)) static inline void flow_fault_handler(const char* msg) {
fprintf(stderr, "flow: %s\n", msg ? msg : "fault");
abort();
#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
__builtin_unreachable();
#endif
}
#else
#define flow_fault_handler FLOW_FAULT_HANDLER
#endif
#define flow_div_by_zero_handler() flow_fault_handler("division by zero")
#define flow_shift_ub_handler() flow_fault_handler("invalid shift (amount out of range or left-shift of negative)")
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_DIV
#define FLOW_CHECKED_DIV(L, R) (((R) != 0) ? ((L) / (R)) : (flow_div_by_zero_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_MOD
#define FLOW_CHECKED_MOD(L, R) (((R) != 0) ? ((L) % (R)) : (flow_div_by_zero_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_SHL
#define FLOW_CHECKED_SHL(L, R) ((((R) >= 0) && ((unsigned long long)(R) < (sizeof(L) * 8ull)) && ((L) >= 0)) ? ((L) << (R)) : (flow_shift_ub_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_SHR
#define FLOW_CHECKED_SHR(L, R) ((((R) >= 0) && ((unsigned long long)(R) < (sizeof(L) * 8ull))) ? ((L) >> (R)) : (flow_shift_ub_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#include <math.h>
void* _ui_state = NULL;
static inline float i32_to_f32(int32_t v) { return (float)v; }
/* Host stub for @gpu kernels (device codegen replaces this). */
static inline int32_t gpu_thread_id(void) { return 0; }
int64_t solve_i64(int64_t perimeter);
int32_t main(void);
int64_t solve_i64(int64_t perimeter) {
int32_t __flow_step_1 = 1;
for (int32_t a = 1; (1 <= FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (3))) ? a < FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (3)) : a > FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (3)); a += (1 <= FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (3))) ? 1 : -1) {
int32_t __flow_step_2 = 1;
for (int32_t b = (a + 1); ((a + 1) <= FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (2))) ? b < FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (2)) : b > FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (2)); b += ((a + 1) <= FLOW_CHECKED_DIV((perimeter), (2))) ? 1 : -1) {
int64_t c = ((perimeter - a) - b);
if (b >= c) {
break;
}
if (((a * a) + (b * b)) == (c * c)) {
return ((a * b) * c);
}
}
}
return 0;
}
int32_t main(void) {
printf("%lld\n", solve_i64(1000));
return 0;
}
Generated MLIR
module {
llvm.func @printf(!llvm.ptr, ...) -> i32
llvm.mlir.global internal constant @str_0("%lld\n\00") {addr_space = 0 : i32} : !llvm.array<6 x i8>
func.func @solve(%arg0: i64) -> i64 {
%0 = arith.constant 1 : i32
%1 = arith.constant 3 : i32
%3 = arith.extsi %1 : i32 to i64
%2 = arith.divsi %arg0, %3 : i64
%4 = arith.index_cast %0 : i32 to index
%5 = arith.index_cast %2 : i32 to index
%7 = arith.constant 1 : index
%8 = arith.constant -1 : index
%9 = arith.cmpi sle, %4, %5 : index
%6 = arith.select %9, %7, %8 : index
cf.br ^bb0(%4 : index)
^bb0(%10: index):
%11 = arith.cmpi slt, %10, %5 : index
%12 = arith.cmpi sgt, %10, %5 : index
%13 = arith.select %9, %11, %12 : i1
cf.cond_br %13, ^bb1(%10 : index), ^bb2(%10 : index)
^bb1(%14: index):
%15 = arith.constant 1 : i32
%17 = arith.index_cast %14 : index to i32
%16 = arith.addi %17, %15 : i32
%18 = arith.constant 2 : i32
%20 = arith.extsi %18 : i32 to i64
%19 = arith.divsi %arg0, %20 : i64
%21 = arith.index_cast %16 : i32 to index
%22 = arith.index_cast %19 : i32 to index
%24 = arith.constant 1 : index
%25 = arith.constant -1 : index
%26 = arith.cmpi sle, %21, %22 : index
%23 = arith.select %26, %24, %25 : index
cf.br ^bb3(%21 : index)
^bb3(%27: index):
%28 = arith.cmpi slt, %27, %22 : index
%29 = arith.cmpi sgt, %27, %22 : index
%30 = arith.select %26, %28, %29 : i1
cf.cond_br %30, ^bb4(%27 : index), ^bb5(%27 : index)
^bb4(%31: index):
%33 = arith.trunci %arg0 : i64 to i32
%34 = arith.index_cast %14 : index to i32
%32 = arith.subi %33, %34 : i32
%36 = arith.index_cast %31 : index to i32
%35 = arith.subi %32, %36 : i32
%37 = arith.extsi %35 : i32 to i64
%39 = arith.index_cast %31 : index to i32
%40 = arith.trunci %37 : i64 to i32
%38 = arith.cmpi sge, %39, %40 : i32
cf.cond_br %38, ^bb6, ^bb7
^bb6:
cf.br ^bb5(%31 : index)
^bb7:
cf.br ^bb8
^bb8:
%41 = arith.muli %14, %14 : index
%42 = arith.muli %31, %31 : index
%43 = arith.addi %41, %42 : index
%44 = arith.muli %37, %37 : i64
%46 = arith.index_cast %43 : index to i32
%47 = arith.trunci %44 : i64 to i32
%45 = arith.cmpi eq, %46, %47 : i32
cf.cond_br %45, ^bb9, ^bb10
^bb9:
%48 = arith.muli %14, %31 : index
%50 = arith.index_cast %48 : index to i32
%51 = arith.trunci %37 : i64 to i32
%49 = arith.muli %50, %51 : i32
%52 = arith.extsi %49 : i32 to i64
func.return %52 : i64
^bb10:
cf.br ^bb11
^bb11:
%53 = arith.addi %31, %23 : index
cf.br ^bb3(%53 : index)
^bb5(%54: index):
%55 = arith.addi %14, %6 : index
cf.br ^bb0(%55 : index)
^bb2(%56: index):
%57 = arith.constant 0 : i32
%58 = arith.extsi %57 : i32 to i64
func.return %58 : i64
}
func.func @main() -> i32 {
%59 = llvm.mlir.addressof @str_0 : !llvm.ptr
%61 = arith.constant 1000 : i32
%62 = arith.extsi %61 : i32 to i64
%60 = func.call @solve(%62) : (i64) -> i64
%63 = llvm.call @printf(%59, %60) vararg(!llvm.func<i32 (ptr, ...)>) : (!llvm.ptr, i64) -> i32
%64 = arith.constant 0 : i32
func.return %64 : i32
}
}