#P3284. Eventually periodic sequence
Eventually periodic sequence
Description
Given is a function f: 0..N --> 0..N for a non-negative N and a non-negative integer n ≤ N. One can construct an infinite sequence F = f 1(n), f 2(n), ... f k(n) ... , where f k(n) is defined recursively as follows: f 1(n) = f(n) and f k+1(n) = f(f k(n)).
It is easy to see that each such sequence F is eventually periodic, that is periodic from some point onwards, e.g 1, 2, 7, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 6 ... . Given non-negative integer N ≤ 11000000 , n ≤ N and f, you are to compute the period of sequence F.
Input
Each line of input contains N, n and the a description of f in postfix notation, also known as Reverse Polish Notation (RPN). The operands are either unsigned integer constants or N or the variable x. Only binary operands are allowed: + (addition), * (multiplication) and % (modulo, i.e. remainder of integer division). Operands and operators are separated by whitespace. The operand % occurs exactly once in a function and it is the last (rightmost, or topmost if you wish) operator and its second operand is always N whose value is read from input. The following function:
2 x * 7 + N %
is the RPN rendition of the more familiar infix
(2*x+7)%N. All input lines are shorter than 100 characters. The last line of input has
Nequal 0 and should not be processed.
Output
For each line of input, output one line with one integer number, the period of F corresponding to the data given in the input line.
10 1 x N %
11 1 x x 1 + * N %
1728 1 x x 1 + * x 2 + * N %
1728 1 x x 1 + x 2 + * * N %
100003 1 x x 123 + * x 12345 + * N %
0 0 0 N %
1
3
6
6
369
Source
Waterloo Local Contest, 2006.5.27