Some time ago Leonid have known about
idempotent functions.
Idempotent function defined on a set
{1,2,...,n} is such function
, that for any
the formula
g(g(x))=g(x) holds.
Let's denote as
f(k)(x) the function
f applied
k times to the value
x. More formally,
f(1)(x)=f(x),
f(k)(x)=f(f(k-1)(x)) for each
k>1.
You are given some function
. Your task is to find minimum positive integer
k such that function
f(k)(x) is
idempotent.
Output
Output minimum
k such that function
f(k)(x) is
idempotent.
Note
In the first sample test function
f(x)=f(1)(x) is already idempotent since
f(f(1))=f(1)=1,
f(f(2))=f(2)=2,
f(f(3))=f(3)=2,
f(f(4))=f(4)=4.
In the second sample test:
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function f(x)=f(1)(x) isn't idempotent because f(f(1))=3 but f(1)=2;
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function f(x)=f(2)(x) is idempotent since for any x it is true that f(2)(x)=3, so it is also true that f(2)(f(2)(x))=3.
In the third sample test:
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function f(x)=f(1)(x) isn't idempotent because f(f(1))=3 but f(1)=2;
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function f(f(x))=f(2)(x) isn't idempotent because f(2)(f(2)(1))=2 but f(2)(1)=3;
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function f(f(f(x)))=f(3)(x) is idempotent since it is identity function: f(3)(x)=x for any meaning that the formula f(3)(f(3)(x))=f(3)(x) also holds.