Leetcode 441. Arranging Coins

Math. Solve the quadratic function k/2(k+1) <= n.

k <= (-1+(1+8n)^1/2) / 2.

public class Solution {
    public int arrangeCoins(int n) {
        // math
        return (int) (-1+Math.sqrt(1+8*(double)n))/2;
    }
}

Binary search.

public class Solution {
    public int arrangeCoins(int n) {
        // set k's higher bound as n
        int low = 1, high = n, mid = 0;
        while (low + 1 < high) {
            mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
            if (0.5*mid + 0.5*mid*mid <= n)
                low = mid;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        if (0.5*low+0.5*low*low <= n) return low;
        return high;
    }
}