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64 changes: 64 additions & 0 deletions src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/JugglerSequence.java
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package com.thealgorithms.maths;

/*
* Java program for printing juggler sequence
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggler_sequence
*
* Author: Akshay Dubey (https://github.com/itsAkshayDubey)
*
* */

public class JugglerSequence {


/**
* This method prints juggler sequence starting with the number in the parameter
*
* @param inputNumber Number from which juggler sequence is to be started
* */
static void jugglerSequence(int inputNumber) {
//Copy method argument to a local variable
int n = inputNumber;

//Printing first number
System.out.print(n+",");

//Looping till n reaches 1
while(n != 1) {
int temp=0;

//if previous term is even then
// next term in the sequence is square root of previous term
//if previous term is odd then
// next term is floor value of 3 time the square root of previous term

//Check if previous term is even or odd
if(n%2 == 0) {
temp = (int) Math.floor(Math.sqrt(n));
}
else {
temp = (int) Math.floor(Math.sqrt(n)*Math.sqrt(n)*Math.sqrt(n));
}

//Printing next term
if(temp != 1) {
System.out.print(temp+",");
}
else{
System.out.print(temp);
}

n = temp;

}

}

//Driver code
public static void main(String[] args) {
jugglerSequence(3);

//Output: 3,5,11,36,6,2,1
}

}