Hello,

I recently had a final exam on which my teacher asked to write a method for Knuth numbers recursion. I got a stack overflow on my implementation, and I am new on Java, so I am not sure what happened, it might be that I had the wrong formula for Knuth numbers? I would love some feedback.

Here is the question, and my code

Knuth numbers are given by the recursive formula Kn+1 = 1 + min (2 * Ka, 3 * Kb) where a is the smallest integer larger than n/2.0 and b is the smallest integer larger than n/3.0. The use of doubles in the denominator is necessary to ensure that integer division is not used.

For example, if n is 7, then a equals 4 and b equals 3 and thus K8 = 1 + min (2* K4, 3 * K3).

If n is 8, then a equals 5 while b remains 3 and thus K9 = 1 + min (2 * K5, 3 * K3).
If n is 9, then a remains 5 while b equals 4 and thus K10 = 1 + min(2 * K5, 3 * K3).

Mathematically, “the smallest integer larger than x” is the “ceiling” function. If n is an int, then n / 2 is calculated using integer division, discarding the remainder; but you want the division to give you a double. Thus you need code that looks like this:

int a = Math.ceil(n / 2.0);
int b = Math.ceil(n / 3.0);

Since the equation defining Knuth numbers is a recursive one, we must have a base case; let’s assume that K0 = 1.

Create and test a class called KnuthNumbers (in a project also called KnuthNumbers) which includes a static method to compute Knuth numbers.

my code:

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Hi.

I have been working on one of my old projects and have add and improved it a little. I have added an PK3 Explorer. All info below.


PK3 Explorer

Allows you too create/open PK3 files to add or remove files. View textures from inside the PK3 file in the 'Texture Viewer' without having to extract the PK3 file first.
You can also open standard zip files.

Texture Viewer

Allows you to View the texture of the model. You can also save or load/add new textures.

I am planning on adding more features to the Texture Viewer to allow you to change the size of the texture and the ability to edit the textures.

Supports the following OS's - Windows 7 Windows 8


PK3 Explorer & Dmd/Md2 Converter release notes. 21/10/2014


DMD/Md2 Converter Update.

V1.2

Added option to choose between converting from Dmd to Md2 or Md2 to Dmd. (The original version didn't convert from Md2 to Dmd.)

Fixed a couple of bugs.

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PK3 Explorer update. V1.0

Fixed extraction of files & Folders ...... didn't extract folders.

Added custom compression Level for zip files.

Fixed a few other bugs.

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Texture Viewer.

Added ability to load and add new textures to PK3 files.

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There is only an x86 version at the moment.

Download:

X86
http://1drv.ms/1wtXTmK

Please post any comments/bugs/improvements/Wish List

Regards

Tony

Hi.

I'm currently working on a new project for working with .PK3 - .DMD & .MD2 files.

Now, I have an EXE (cv.exe) that I would like to embed into my program and execute through the routine below.

I've tried different methods found on the internet without any luck.

Hi.

Are there any addons for VB .NET to allow the viewing of 3D Models in different formats including MD2 filesas this is something I want to in my application?

Many Thanks for you help

Hi.

I'm in real need of being able to display .PCX graphic files in my app. I am using Visual Studio 2013 .NET.

I've tried GDPicturedotnet but for some reason it is not showing up in the Toolbox and when I select 'Show all' it is greyed out. I've also tried IocompDotNet V4 SP3 but unable to find any help files or documents on how to use their commands.

Many, Many thanks for your help.

Hi.

I'm working on my DMD To MD2 Converter program o add more features to it.

One of them is to open a zip file and list the contents into a listview box and allow the user to select any files to extract.

I've searched around but couldn't find what im looking for.

Thank you for you help.

Tony

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