Search⌘ K
AI Features

Challenge: Backtracking

Explore how to apply recursive backtracking to find minimum length addition chains in C++. Learn to implement and understand the algorithm that builds a chain of sums leading to your target number. This lesson helps you sharpen problem-solving skills by coding a backtracking solution that explores combinations systematically.

We'll cover the following...

Let's practice what we've learned so far.

Task

An addition chain for an integer nn is an increasing sequence of integers that starts with 11 and ends with nn, such that each entry after the first is the sum of two earlier entries. More formally, the integer sequence x0<x1<x2<<xlx_0 < x_1 < x_2 < ··· < x_l ...