Digit Factorial Chains .(Euler Problem -74) (Matlab Programming Solution)

A Mini Project Report on
‘Digit Factorial Chains’
Submitted By
Abhishek Sainkar S177089
Akash Nimbalkar S177069
Omkar Rane S177086
A Mini Project report submitted as a partial fulfillment towards Practical of Applied
Mathematics for semester IV of S. Y. B.Tech., Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering
2017-18
Under the guidance of
Mrs. Usha Verma
Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi (D), Pune-412 105

MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi (D)
S. Y. B. Tech. Sem IV Applied Mathematics Mini Project 2
C E R T I F I C A T E
This is to certify that Abhishek Sainkar(S177089),Akash
Nimbalkar(S177069),Omkar Rane (S177086) of Department of
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, MIT Academy of
Engineering, Alandi (D), Pune have submitted Mini Project report on
“Digit Factorial Chain” as a partial fulfillment of Semester-IV S. Y. B.
Tech. for completion of Applied Mathematics Practical work during the
academic year 2017-18.
Mrs. Usha Verma Prof. Satish Gajbhiv
(Guide) (Head, Applied Sciences)
External Examiner

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to record my profound gratitude and indebtedness to Mrs. Usha Verma,
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering for her inspiring guidance, valuable
advices, constant encouragement and untiring supervision throughout my research work.
I express my deep sense of gratitude to S. G. Gajbhiv, Head, Dept. of Applied Sciences, for
his continuous inspiration and encouragement.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge and express my special thanks to my family, friends
and classmates for their patience, encouragement, support they have made during the period of this
work.
Abhishek Sainkar S177089
Akash Nimbalkar S177000
Omkar Rane S177086

List of Figures
Sr. No. Figure
No.
Title of Figure Page
No.
1 3.1(a)
Flowchart of Project
14
2 3.1(b)
Flowchart of project (contd.)
15
3 5.1(a)
Loop length 1000000, output of code
17
4 5.1(b)
Result validation by Interactive test for loop length 1000000
17
5 5.2(a)
loop length- 1000, output of code
18
6 5.2(b)
18
7 5.3(a)
loop length- 4500, output of code
19
8 5.2(b)
19
9 5.4(a)
loop length-9893, output of code
20
10 5.2(b)
20

INDEX
List of Figures …………………………………….……………………………………….. 5
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………..7
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………..8
1.1 Problem Definition
1.2 Theoretical Background
CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY …………………………………………………….9
CHAPTER 3 ALGORITHM AND FLOWCHART……….……...……………......10
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTATION IN MATLAB ………………………………..14
CHAPTER 5 RESULTS …………………….………………………………………15
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………20
REFERENCES 21

ABSTRACT
In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!. The factorial operation is
used in many areas of mathematics, mainly in combinatorics, algebra, and mathematical analysis.
Its most basic occurrence is the fact that there is n! ways to arrange n distinct objects into a sequence.
This problem is counting digit factorial chains of non-repeating number between 69 to one million.
The longest non-repeating chain below one million contain sixty non-repeating terms. For that, it is
calculated that how many chains below one million contain exactly sixty non-repeating terms.
Its seen that there is wide range application of factorials in mathematical formulations like sine,
cosine and exponential expansion series. This series are used programmed in the form of code such
that we can calculate values of sine and cosine angles using a computer program. Digit factorial sum
is used in Cunningham number implementation.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Problem Definition:
The number is well known for the property that the sum of the factorial of its digits is equal to 145:
1! +4! +5! = 1+24+120=145
Perhaps less well known is 169, in that it produces the longest chain of numbers that link back to
169; it turns out that there are only three such loops that exist:
169 -363601-1454-169
871-45361-871
872-45362-872
It is not difficult to prove that EVERY starting number will eventually get stuck in a loop. For
example,
69-363600-1454-169-363601(-1454)
78-45360-871-45361(-871)
540-145(-145)
Starting with 69 produces a chain of five non-repeating terms, but the longest non-repeating chain
with a starting number below one million is sixty terms.
For a given length and limit print all the integers which have chain length.

1.2 Theoretical Background:
Factorial of a number n can be defined as product of all positive numbers less than or equal to n. It
the multiplying sequence of numbers in a descending order[11].
1!=11!=1
2!=2×12!=2×1
3!=3×2×13!=3×2×1
4!=4×3×2×14!=4×3×2×1
..
n!n! = n×(n−1) ×(n−2) ...×2×1
In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is the product of all
positive integers less than or equal to n. he value of 0! is 1, according to the convention for an empty
product. The factorial operation is encountered in many areas of mathematics, notably
in combinatorics, algebra, and mathematical analysis. Its most basic occurrence is the fact that there
are n! ways to arrange n distinct objects into a sequence (i.e., permutations of the set of objects).
This fact was known at least as early as the 12th century, to Indian scholars. Fabian, in 1677,
described factorials as applied to change ringing. After describing a recursive approach, Stedman
gives a statement of a factorial (using the language of the original): Now the nature of these methods
is such, that the changes on one number comprehends [includes] the changes on all lesser numbers,
... insomuch that a complete Peal of changes on one number seemed to be formed by uniting of the
complete Peals on all lesser numbers into one entire body. The notation n! was introduced by the
French mathematician Christian Kramp in 1808. The definition of the factorial function can also
be extended to non-integer arguments, while retaining its most important properties; this involves
more advanced mathematics, notably techniques from mathematical analysis. He further writes that
“about giving the name factorial I have given it the name 'faculty'. Arbogast has substituted the name
'factorial' which is clearer and more French[10]. In adopting his idea, I congratulate myself on paying
homage to the memory of my friend. ... I use the very simple notation n! to designate the product of
numbers decreasing from n to unity, i.e. n (n - 1) (n - 2) ... 3 . 2 . 1. The constant use in combinatorial
analysis, in most of my proofs, that I make of this idea, has made this notation necessary.”
In digit factorial chain, individual digits factorial is taken and by doing sum of each digit’s factorial
we get another number then, again taking individual factorial sum the process is continued till we
get the same starting number and the chain of these numbers is calculated.

CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY
Various functions used in MATLAB for implementation of code are as follows:
1) factorial() : f = factorial(n) returns the product of all positive integers less than
or equal to n, where n is a nonnegative integer value. If n is an array,
then f contains the factorial of each value of n. The data type and size of f is the
same as that of factorial of individual number that is separated then using
factorial is calculated.
2) sum():sum (A) returns the sum along different dimensions of the fi array A.
If A is a vector, sum(A) returns the sum of the elements.
If A is a matrix, sum(A) treats the columns of A as vectors, returning a row
vector of the sums of each column.
If A is a multidimensional array, sum(A) treats the values along the first non-
singleton dimension as vectors, returning an array of row vectors. Every
factorial of individual number is added or summed using this function. All the
process is done with the help of looping statement.
3) dec2base(): str = dec2base(d, base) converts the nonnegative integer d to the
specified base. d must be a nonnegative integer smaller than the value returned
by flintmax, and base must be an integer between 2 and 36. The returned
argument str is a character vector.str = dec2base(d, base, n) produces a
representation with at least n digits. This function converts decimal tom base
value it is used for digit separation with singleton attribute of function.
4) mod():mod(a,m) returns the remainder after division of a by m, where a is the
dividend and m is the divisor. This function is often called the modulo operation,
which can be expressed as b = a - m.*floor(a./m). The mod function follows the
convention that mod(a,0) returns a.
5) floor():floor rounds a number to the next smaller integer. For complex
arguments, floor rounds the real and the imaginary parts separately. For real
numbers and exact expressions representing real numbers, floor returns integers.
For arguments that contain symbolic identifiers, floor returns unevaluated
function calls. For floating-point intervals, floor returns floating-point intervals
containing all the results of applying floor to the real or complex numbers inside
the interval.

6) While loop: while expression, statements, end evaluates an expression, and
repeats the execution of a group of statements in a loop while the expression is
true. An expression is true when its result is nonempty and contains only
nonzero elements (logical or real numeric). Otherwise, the expression is false.
7) For loop: The "for" loop evaluates the entire expression at the time that the
flow of control enters the "for" loop from above. The entire set of values is
recorded at the time the loop is entered from above. No calculations within the
body of the loop can change the set of values: if a variable is mentioned in the
"for" and that variable's value is changed within the loop, then the "for" loop's
recorded expression list will not change.

CHAPTER 3: ALGORITHM AND FLOWCHART
Step 1: Start
Step 2: take input q=Largest number limit for loop length, w= number of terms in chain
Step 3: Declare variables Final=0 n=I, x=i, l=0, c=0, flag=0, a=i
Step4: Loop
for i=69: q
while(n>0)
d=mod(n,10)
c=c+factorial(d)
n=floor(n./10)
if n<=0
if c==x or length(a)==w
for i=1: w
if (c==a(i))
flag=1;
break
a1=unique(a)
if flag==1 && length(a1) =length(a) & length(a)=w
ans12=a
final=final+1
if length(a)>w
break
a=[a,c]
n=c
c=0
Step 5: Declare output=final
Step 6: Display Final
Step 7: End

FLOWCHART
Figure 3.5(a) Flowchart of Project

Figure 3.1(b) Flowchart of project (contd.)

CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION IN MATLAB
% Applied Mathematics Practical Project.
%Title:-Digit Factorial Chains
%Batch-1 Block-1 ENTC S.Y B.Tech Cycle-2 Sem-4
%MIT Academy Of Engineering.
%Team-Members:
%1) Abhishek Sainkar
%2)Akash Nimbalkar
%3)Omkar Rane
%_______________________________________________________________________%
q=input('Enter largest number Limit for loop length :'); % user defined loop
limit
w=input('Enter Number of terms in chain :');% number of terms to enter for
length
final=0;
for i=69:q
n=i;
x=i;
l=0;
c=0;
flag=0;
a=i
while(n>0)
d=mod(n,10); % return remainder of value n [3].
c=c+factorial(d);% factorial function[8]
n=floor(n./10);% returns quotient of floor [2].
if n<=0
if c==x || length(a)==w
for i=1:w
if (c==a(i))
flag=1;
break
end
end
a1=unique(a);%it returns set of values without repition of anynumber.[9]
if flag==1 && length(a1)==length(a) && length(a)==w
ans12=a;
final=final+1;
end
else
if length(a)>w
break
end
a=[a,c];
n=c;
c=0;
end
end
end
end
ouput=final;
display(final); % displaying number of chains

CHAPTER 5: RESULTS
The Project is tested with various cases, considered different loop length for calculating the number
of chains having sixty non-repeating terms. For the evaluation of project, there is Interactive test
available online on website. To validate result, we used the Interactive test and validated number of
chains by calculating numbers. The output of code in MATLAB and by Interactive test result is
mentioned in table 5.1[1]
Table 5.1 Result Table [1]
Accuracy:
Accuracy Percentage=
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔.
𝑿𝟏𝟎𝟎
Accuracy Percentage=
𝟔
𝟕
𝑿𝟏𝟎𝟎
Accuracy Percentage= 𝟖𝟓. 𝟕𝟏𝟒 %
Sr. No Loop
Length
Terms Number of chains
by Project code
Number of chains
by Interactive test
Correctness
of Code
1 1000000 60 402 402 Correct
2 1000 60 0 -1 Wrong
3 1500 60 2 2 Correct
4 1998 60 6 6 Correct
5 2500 60 6 6 Correct
5 4500 60 10 10 Correct
6 8998 60 30 30 Correct
7 9893 60 42 42 Correct

Case 1: The Project was Validated in Various cases. From 69 to 1000000, the number of chains
containing exactly 60 non-repeating chain is calculated in MATLAB as shown in figure 5.1(a).
Figure 5.1(a) Loop length 1000000, output of code
For 1000000 loop length the output of code validated from online Interactive test showing those
numbers who contain exactly sixty non-repeating terms is shown in figure 5.1(b)
Figure 5.1(b) Result validation by Interactive test for loop length 1000000[1]

Case 2: For the loop length 1000 number of chains containing 60 non-repeating chains is calculated
in MATLAB as shown in figure 5.2 (a)
Figure 5.6(a) loop length- 1000, output of code
For 1000 loop length the output of code validated from online Interactive test showing those numbers
who contain exactly sixty non-repeating terms is shown in figure 5.2(b)
Figure 5.2(b) Result validation by Interactive test for loop length 1000[1]

Case 3: For the loop length 1000 number of chains containing 60 non-repeating chains is
calculated in MATLAB as shown in figure 5.3 (a)
Figure 5.7(a) loop length-4500, output of code
Figure 8 Result validation by Interactive test for loop length 4500 [1]

Case 4: For the loop length 9893, number of chains containing 60 non-repeating chains is calculated
in MATLAB as shown in figure 5.4 (a)
Figure 9.4(a) Loop length-9893, output of code
Figure 5.4(b) Result validation by Interactive test for loop length-9893 [1]

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION
Digit factorial chains is mathematical computation based on large numerical factorial and summation
to find out non-repeating chains of numbers below 1 million. It was successfully completed and
implementation of code based on digit factorial sum principle in this coding process we had gone
through various brain storming session to develop logic and algorithm for this code. The problem
statement itself provided us hint that below million there are 60 terms. It is also seen that computation
results in MATLAB will depend upon hardware configuration of computer based upon time of
calculation to give output. There is indirect application of digit factorial chains in Cunningham
number and factorial chains [10]. All kinds of expansion series like sine, cosine and exponential are
applications of factorial and their summations [11]. In digit factorial sum we have learnt new
function for making implementation simpler for complex problems. We came to know various
different functions in MATLAB.

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function
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