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By brezhart, history, 2 years ago, translation, In English

Im working on this problem: Given $$$n$$$ and $$$c$$$, How many sequences $$$A$$$ of length $$$n$$$ satisfy the following conditions:

  • $$$1\leq a_{i} \leq c$$$
  • $$$\forall i \in {1,2,\ldots,n-1}: a_{i} | a_{i+1} $$$ ($$$a_{i+1}$$$ is multiple of $$$a_{i}$$$)

I found really cool fact:

  • lets $$$ANS_{n,c}$$$ be the answer for $$$n$$$, $$$c$$$

  • Lets $$$A_{c} = ANS_{1,c},ANS_{2,c},ANS_{3,c},\ldots$$$

Surprisingly, $$$A_{c}$$$ can be represented as polynomial $$$P_{c}$$$ of degree exactly $$$\lfloor{\log_2{c}}\rfloor$$$, so $$$P_{c}(X) = ANS_{X,c}$$$

Why is even $$$\log_2$$$ came up here?

By the way, im struggle to find pattern for coefficients of $$$P_{c}$$$. I noticed that (Lets coefficient of $$$x^i$$$ be $$$P_{c_{i}}$$$ ) $$$P_{c_{i}} = \frac{F(c,i)}{(\lfloor{\log_2{c}}\rfloor + i)!}$$$ where $$${F(c,i)}$$$ is some weird function I cannot determine.

I attached calculated coefficients and code for calculating them, hope someone will see a pattern there.

coefficients
code for calculating coefficients

If someone have any information about it, please provide!

link to atcoder problem and my solution which uses the fact about polynomial of degree $$$\lfloor{\log_2{c}}\rfloor$$$

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