TADM2E 3.28

We need two passes over X:

1. Calculate cumulative production P and Q:
$ P_0 = 1, P_k=X_k P_{k-1}=\prod_{i=1}^kx_i $
$ Q_n = 1, Q_k=X_k Q_{k+1}=\prod_{i=k}^nx_i $

2. Calculate M:
$ M_k=P_{k-1}Q_{k+1}, k\in[1,n] $

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Using Iteration:

Java example:

public class Multiplication {
  public static int[] product(int[] x) {	   
    int[] M = new int[x.length];

    for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
		  M[i] = product(x, M, i + 1, x.length); 
    }

    return M;
  }

  private static int productLeft(int[] x, int i, int j) {
    if (i < 0)
      return 1;

    return x[i] * productLeft(x, i - 1, j);
  }

  private static int productRight(int[] x, int i, int j) {
    if (i >= j)
      return 1;

    return x[i] * productRight(x, i + 1, j);
  }

  private static int product(int[] x, int[] y, int i, int j) {	
    if(i == j)
      return productLeft(x, i - 2, j);
  
    return x[i] * productLeft(x, i - 2, j) * productRight(x, i + 1, j);
  }
}

--Tnoumessi (talk) 00:21, 8 April 2015 (EDT)