#include /** * 668. Kth Smallest Number in Multiplication Table * Nearly everyone has used the Multiplication Table. The multiplication table of size m x n is an integer matrix mat where mat[i][j] == i * j (1-indexed). * Given three integers m, n, and k, return the kth smallest element in the m x n multiplication table. */ class Solution { public: static constexpr int findKthNumber(int m, int n, int k) { auto compute = [&](int upper_bound) { int ans = 0; for (int i = 1; i <= m; ++i) ans += (upper_bound / i <= n) ? (upper_bound / i) : n; return ans; }; int L = 1, R = m * n, M; // [L, R] while (L < R) { M = (L + R) >> 1; int x = compute(M); if (x > k) { R = M; } else if (x < k) { L = M + 1; } else { break; } } M = (L + R + 1) >> 1; for (int c = compute(M), p; (p = compute(M - 1)) >= k || p == c; --M); return M; } }; int main() { std::printf("%d\n", Solution::findKthNumber(2, 3 ,6)); return 0; }