Find the polynomial

Question

We know that f is a polynomial with non-negative integer coefficients.

Given f(1) and f(1+f(1)) return f. You may output f as a list of coefficients, an ASCII formatted polynomial, or similar.

Examples:

f(1)  f(1+f(1))  f
0     0          0
1     1          1
5     75         2x^2 + 3
30    3904800    4x^4 + 7x^3 + 2x^2 + 8x + 9
1     1073741824 x^30

Answer 1

Jelly, 3 bytes

‘b@

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Returns the polynomial as a list of coefficients.

Since we know the polynomial has non-negative integer coefficients, f(b) can be interpreted as "the coefficients of the polynomial, taken as base b digits," by the definition of a base. This is subject to the condition that none of the coefficients exceeds or is equal to b, but we know that, because b is one greater than the sum of the coefficients (which is f(1)).

The program simply increments the first argument (‘) to get 1+f(1), then calls the base convertion atom (b) with the first argument as the base and the second argument as the number (using @ to swap the order of the arguments, since b usually takes the number first and base second).

This was quite the clever challenge; thanks orlp!

Answer 2

Mathematica, 29 28 bytes

Thanks to JungHwan Min for saving 1 byte! (ironically, with a Max)

#2~IntegerDigits~Max[#+1,2]&

Pure function taking two nonnegative integers and returning a list of (nonnegative integer) coefficients. #2~IntegerDigits~(#+1) would be the same algorithm as in Doorknob's Jelly answer; unfortunately, Mathematica's IntegerDigits chokes when the base equals 1, hence the need for extra bytes Max[...,2].

Answer 3

Python 2, 38 bytes

a,b=input()
while b:print b%-~a;b/=a+1

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outputs newline separated coefficients

Example output for 30, 3904800:

9
8
2
7
4

=> 9*x^0 + 8*x^1 + 2*x^2 + 7*x^3 + 4*x^4

Answer 4

VBA, 75 bytes

Sub f(b,n)
b=b+1
Do While n>0
s=n Mod b &" " &s
n=n\b
Loop
Debug.?s
End Sub

When it automatically formats, it looks like this:

Sub f(b, n)
    b = b + 1
    Do While n > 0
        s = n Mod b & " " & s
        n = n \ b
    Loop
    Debug.Print s
End Sub

The \ operator is a floor divide

Answer 5

Common Lisp, 87 bytes

(defun p(x y)(multiple-value-bind(q m)(floor y (1+ x))(if(= 0 q)`(,m)`(,m ,@(p x q)))))

Ungolfed:

(defun find-polynomial (f<1> f<1+f<1>>)
  (multiple-value-bind (q m)
      (floor f<1+f<1>> (1+ f<1>))
    (if (zerop q) `(,m)
      (cons m (find-polynomial f<1> q)))))

Answer 6

AHK, 63 bytes

a=%1%
b=%2%
a+=1
While b>0
{s:=Mod(b,a) " "s
b:=b//a
}
Send,%s%

AutoHotkey assigns numbers 1-n as variable names for the incoming parameters. It causes some problems when you try to use those in functions because it thinks you mean the literal number 1 instead of the variable named 1. The best workaround I can find is to assign them to different variables.

Answer 7

Java, 53 bytes

a->b->{while(b>0){System.out.println(b%-~a);b/=a+1;}}

Outputs a list of coefficients. Thanks to ovs for the maths.

The expression must be assigned to a Function<Integer, IntConsumer> and called by first applying the function, then accepting the int. No imports are needed with Java 9's jshell:

C:\Users\daico>jshell
|  Welcome to JShell -- Version 9-ea
|  For an introduction type: /help intro

jshell> Function<Integer, IntConsumer> golf =
        a->b->{while(b>0){System.out.println(b%-~a);b/=a+1;}}
golf ==> $Lambda$14/13326370@4b9e13df

jshell> golf.apply(30).accept(3904800)
9
8
2
7
4

Answer 8

C#, 62 bytes

(a,b)=>{var r="";a++;while(b>0){r+=(b%a)+" ";b/=a;}return r;};