From 1348bc7abd4645d26addb15a3704e4c586879a32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kanwae Kan <44528106+kanwaekan@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:04:23 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added a comma for clarity --- src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md b/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md index ba0240579..efe444273 100644 --- a/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md +++ b/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ Lets try to calculate the distance covered by both of the pointers till they poi
!["Proof"](tortoise_hare_proof.png)
-$slowDist = a + xL + b$ $x\ge0$ +$slowDist = a + xL + b$ , $x\ge0$ -$fastDist = a + yL + b$ $y\ge0$ +$fastDist = a + yL + b$ , $y\ge0$ - $slowDist$ is the total distance covered by slow pointer. - $fastDist$ is the total distance covered by fast pointer. From 64e7f287c10b411a25d0ec516537b68424075c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kanwae Kan <44528106+kanwaekan@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:11:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Minor error in Equation --- src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md b/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md index efe444273..71405975e 100644 --- a/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md +++ b/src/others/tortoise_and_hare.md @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $fastDist = a + yL + b$ , $y\ge0$ - $x$ is the number of times the slow pointer has looped inside the cycle, starting from and ending at **C**. - $y$ is the number of times the fast pointer has looped inside the cycle, starting from and ending at **C**. -$slowDist = 2 \cdot (fastDist)$ +$fastDist = 2 \cdot (slowDist)$ $a + yL + b = 2(a + xL + b)$