FOJ Problem 1091 Zig-Zag Lines

 

Problem Description

What's the maximum number of regions definable by N zig-zag lines, each of which consists of two parallel infinite half-lines joined by a straight line segment?
Here is an example of 2 zig-zag lines yield 12 regions at the most. 

 

Input

The input consists of a sequence of N (<= 10000), which is the number of the zig-zag lines, one per line.

Output

For each N, you should output the number of the maximum regions.

Sample Input

1

2

Sample Output

2

12 

 

 

主要是推导，首先要明白一点，向已有的n根线再画一条直线，可以增加n个交点，增加n+1个区域，自己可以动手画画；

从这一点出发，设n对应的区域数为f(n)，再求f(n+1)与f(n)的关系，得出递推关系这题也就解出来了；

求f(n+1)时，前面已经有3*n根线，因为一个‘Z’由两根平行线和一条斜线组成，在画第n+1个‘Z’时，先把‘Z’看成三条直线，即如图

变化成

 

 

两根平行线与前3*n条线构成3*n个点，所增加的区域是2*(3*n+1)

那根斜线由于前面多了两平行线，所以增加的区域是3*n+2+1=3*n+3

但由于在每个顶点处多算了两区域，如图所示，则在‘Z’的两个顶点要减去4；

即f(n+1)=f(n)+2*(3*n+1)+3*n+3-4=f(n)+9*n-1;

即f(n+1)=f(n)+9*n-1;

通过推导即f(n)=1+n*(9*n-7)/2;

 

 

# include "stdio.h" 
int main()
{
	int n, i;
	int sum;
	while(scanf("%d", &n)!=EOF)
	{
		printf("%d\n", 1+n*(9*n-7)/2);
	}
	return 0;
}