package com.thealgorithms.maths; /** * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_number */ public final class LucasSeries { private LucasSeries() { } /** * Calculate nth number of Lucas Series(2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, 76, * 123, ....) using recursion * * @param n nth * @return nth number of Lucas Series */ public static int lucasSeries(int n) { return n == 1 ? 2 : n == 2 ? 1 : lucasSeries(n - 1) + lucasSeries(n - 2); } /** * Calculate nth number of Lucas Series(2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, 76, * 123, ....) using iteration * * @param n nth * @return nth number of lucas series */ public static int lucasSeriesIteration(int n) { int previous = 2; int current = 1; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { int next = previous + current; previous = current; current = next; } return previous; } }