Practice Problem
Happy Number
Difficulty: Easy
Determine if a number is happy by repeatedly replacing it with the sum of the squares of its digits until it reaches 1 or enters a cycle.
Happy Number
Write an algorithm to determine if a number n is happy.
A happy number is a number defined by the following process:
- Starting with any positive integer, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits.
- Repeat the process until the number equals 1 (where it will stay), or it loops endlessly in a cycle which does not include 1.
- Those numbers for which this process ends in 1 are happy.
Return true if n is a happy number, and false otherwise.
Examples
Example 1:
Input: n = 19
Output: true
Explanation:
1² + 9² = 82
8² + 2² = 68
6² + 8² = 100
1² + 0² + 0² = 1Example 2:
Input: n = 2
Output: false
Explanation: The sequence 2 → 4 → 16 → 37 → 58 → 89 → 145 → 42 → 20 → 4 → ... enters a cycle and never reaches 1.Example 3:
Input: n = 1
Output: true
Explanation: 1 is already 1.Constraints
1 <= n <= 2^31 - 1
Expected Complexity
- Time: O(log n) per step, total steps bounded by cycle length
- Space: O(1) using Floyd's algorithm, or O(log n) using HashSet
EASY
Mathematics
Hash Map / Dictionary
Fast/Slow Pointers
Cycle Detection
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