Count of subarrays having product as a perfect cube

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Given an array arr[] consisting of N positive integers, the task is to count the number of subarrays with product of its elements equal to a perfect cube.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {1, 8, 4, 2}
Output: 6
Explanation:
The subarrays with product of elements equal to a perfect cube are:

{1}. Therefore, product of subarray = 1 (= (1)³).
{1, 8}. Therefore, product of subarray = 8 ( = 2³).
{8}. Therefore, product of subarray = 8 = (2³).
{4, 2}. Therefore, product of subarray = 8 (= 2³).
{8, 4, 2}. Therefore, product of subarray = 64 (= 4³).
{1, 8, 4, 2}. Therefore, product of subarray = 64 (= 4³).

Therefore, the total count is 6.

Input: arr[] = {10, 10,10}
Output: 1

Naive Approach: The simplest approach is to generate all possible subarrays from the given array and count those subarrays whose product of subarray elements is a perfect cube. After checking for all the subarrays, print the count obtained.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to check if a number
// is perfect cube or not
bool perfectCube(int N)
{
    int cube_root;

    // Find the cube_root
    cube_root = (int)round(pow(N, 1.0 / 3.0));

    // If cube of cube_root is
    // same as N, then return true
    if (cube_root * cube_root * cube_root == N) {
        return true;
    }

    // Otherwise
    return false;
}

// Function to count subarrays
// whose product is a perfect cube
void countSubarrays(int a[], int n)
{
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Traverse all the subarrays
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        int prod = 1;
        for (int j = i; j < n; j++) {

            prod = prod * a[j];

            // If product of the current
            // subarray is a perfect cube
            if (perfectCube(prod))

                // Increment count
                ans++;
        }
    }

    // Print the result
    cout << ans;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);

    countSubarrays(arr, N);

    return 0;
}

Java

import java.util.*;
public class GFG
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    int arr[] = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = arr.length;
    countSubarrays(arr, N);
  }

  // Function to count subarrays
  // whose product is a perfect cube
  static void countSubarrays(int a[], int n)
  {
    
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Traverse all the subarrays
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
      int prod = 1;
      for (int j = i; j < n; j++) 
      {

        prod = prod * a[j];

        // If product of the current
        // subarray is a perfect cube
        if (perfectCube(prod))

          // Increment count
          ans++;
      }
    }

    // Print the result
    System.out.println(ans);
  }

  // Function to check if a number
  // is perfect cube or not
  static boolean perfectCube(int N)
  {
    int cube_root;

    // Find the cube_root
    cube_root = (int)Math.round(Math.pow(N, 1.0 / 3.0));

    // If cube of cube_root is
    // same as N, then return true
    if (cube_root * cube_root * cube_root == N) 
    {
      return true;
    }

    // Otherwise
    return false;
  }
}

// This code is contributed by abhinavjain194.

Python3

# Python 3 program for the above approach

# Function to check if a number
# is perfect cube or not
def perfectCube(N):

    # Find the cube_root
    cube_root = round(pow(N, 1 / 3))

    # If cube of cube_root is
    # same as N, then return true
    if (cube_root * cube_root * cube_root == N):
        return True

    # Otherwise
    return False

# Function to count subarrays
# whose product is a perfect cube
def countSubarrays(a, n):

    # Store the required result
    ans = 0

    # Traverse all the subarrays
    for i in range(n):
        prod = 1
        for j in range(i, n):

            prod = prod * a[j]

            # If product of the current
            # subarray is a perfect cube
            if (perfectCube(prod)):

                # Increment count
                ans += 1

    # Print the result
    print(ans)

# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__":

    arr = [1, 8, 4, 2]
    N = len(arr)

    countSubarrays(arr, N)

    # This code is contributed by ukasp.

// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System;
public class GFG
{

// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    int[] arr = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = arr.Length;
    countSubarrays(arr, N);
}

  // Function to count subarrays
  // whose product is a perfect cube
  static void countSubarrays(int[] a, int n)
  {
    
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Traverse all the subarrays
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
      int prod = 1;
      for (int j = i; j < n; j++) 
      {

        prod = prod * a[j];

        // If product of the current
        // subarray is a perfect cube
        if (perfectCube(prod))

          // Increment count
          ans++;
      }
    }

    // Print the result
    Console.Write(ans);
  }

  // Function to check if a number
  // is perfect cube or not
  static bool perfectCube(int N)
  {
    int cube_root;

    // Find the cube_root
    cube_root = (int)Math.Round(Math.Pow(N, 1.0 / 3.0));

    // If cube of cube_root is
    // same as N, then return true
    if (cube_root * cube_root * cube_root == N) 
    {
      return true;
    }

    // Otherwise
    return false;
  }
}

// This code is contributed by souravghosh0416.

JavaScript

<script>
  // Function to count subarrays
  // whose product is a perfect cube
  function countSubarrays(a , n)
  {
    
    // Store the required result
    var ans = 0;

    // Traverse all the subarrays
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
      var prod = 1;
      for (j = i; j < n; j++) 
      {

        prod = prod * a[j];

        // If product of the current
        // subarray is a perfect cube
        if (perfectCube(prod))

          // Increment count
          ans++;
      }
    }

    // Print the result
    document.write(ans);
  }

  // Function to check if a number
  // is perfect cube or not
  function perfectCube(N)
  {
    var cube_root;

    // Find the cube_root
    cube_root = parseInt(Math.round(Math.pow(N, 1.0 / 3.0)));

    // If cube of cube_root is
    // same as N, then return true
    if (cube_root * cube_root * cube_root == N) 
    {
      return true;
    }

    // Otherwise
    return false;
  }

  var arr = [ 1, 8, 4, 2 ];
  var N = arr.length;
  countSubarrays(arr, N);

// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar 
</script>

Output:

Time Complexity: O(N²)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Efficient Approach: The above approach can also be optimized by storing the number of prime factors modulo 3 in a HashMap while traversing the array and count perfect cubes accordingly. Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Initialize a variable, say ans, to store the required result, and an array V with 0s to store the frequency of prime factors mod 3 for every element in the given array arr[].
Initialize a Hashmap, say M, to store the frequency of the current state of prime factors and increment V by 1 in the HashMap.
Traverse the array arr[] using the variable i perform the following steps:
- Store the frequency of prime factors mod 3 of arr[i] in V.
- Increment the value of ans by frequency of V in M and then increment the value of V in M.
After completing the above steps. print the value of ans as the result.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++14

// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define MAX 1e5

// Function to store the prime
// factorization of a number
void primeFactors(vector<int>& v, int n)
{
    for (int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++) {

        // If N is divisible by i
        while (n % i == 0) {

            // Increment v[i] by 1 and
            // calculate it modulo by 3
            v[i]++;
            v[i] %= 3;

            // Divide the number by i
            n /= i;
        }
    }

    // If the number is not equal to 1
    if (n != 1) {

        // Increment v[n] by 1
        v[n]++;

        // Calculate it modulo 3
        v[n] %= 3;
    }
}

// Function to count the number of
// subarrays whose product is a perfect cube
void countSubarrays(int arr[], int n)
{
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Stores the prime
    // factors modulo 3
    vector<int> v(MAX, 0);

    // Stores the occurrences
    // of the prime factors
    map<vector<int>, int> mp;
    mp[v]++;

    // Traverse the array, arr[]
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {

        // Store the prime factors
        // and update the vector v
        primeFactors(v, arr[i]);

        // Update the answer
        ans += mp[v];

        // Increment current state
        // of the prime factors by 1
        mp[v]++;
    }

    // Print the result
    cout << ans;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);

    countSubarrays(arr, N);

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for the above approach
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;

class GFG{

static int MAX = (int)(1e5);

// To store the arr as a Key in map
static class Key 
{
    int arr[];

    Key(int arr[]) 
    { 
        this.arr = arr;
    }

    @Override public int hashCode()
    {
        return 31 + Arrays.hashCode(arr);
    }

    @Override public boolean equals(Object obj)
    {
        if (this == obj)
            return true;
        if (obj == null || 
           (getClass() != obj.getClass()))
            return false;
            
        Key other = (Key)obj;
        
        if (!Arrays.equals(arr, other.arr))
            return false;
            
        return true;
    }
}

// Function to store the prime
// factorization of a number
static void primeFactors(int v[], int n)
{
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++)
    {
        
        // If N is divisible by i
        while (n % i == 0)
        {
            
            // Increment v[i] by 1 and
            // calculate it modulo by 3
            v[i]++;
            v[i] %= 3;

            // Divide the number by i
            n /= i;
        }
    }

    // If the number is not equal to 1
    if (n != 1)
    {
        
        // Increment v[n] by 1
        v[n]++;

        // Calculate it modulo 3
        v[n] %= 3;
    }
}

// Function to count the number of
// subarrays whose product is a perfect cube
static void countSubarrays(int arr[], int n)
{
    
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Stores the prime
    // factors modulo 3
    int v[] = new int[MAX];

    // Stores the occurrences
    // of the prime factors
    HashMap<Key, Integer> mp = new HashMap<>();
    mp.put(new Key(v), 1);

    // Traverse the array, arr[]
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
        
        // Store the prime factors
        // and update the vector v
        primeFactors(v, arr[i]);

        // Update the answer
        ans += mp.getOrDefault(new Key(v), 0);

        // Increment current state
        // of the prime factors by 1
        Key vv = new Key(v);
        mp.put(vv, mp.getOrDefault(vv, 0) + 1);
    }

    // Print the result
    System.out.println(ans);
}

// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = arr.length;

    countSubarrays(arr, N);
}
}

// This code is contributed by Kingash

Python3

from typing import List
from collections import defaultdict

MAX = (int)(1e5)

# To store the arr as a Key in map
class Key:
    def __init__(self, arr):
        self.arr = arr

    def __hash__(self):
        return 31 + hash(tuple(self.arr))

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.arr == other.arr

# Function to store the prime
# factorization of a number
def primeFactors(v: List[int], n: int):
    for i in range(2, int(n ** 0.5) + 1):
        
        # If N is divisible by i
        while n % i == 0:
            
            # Increment v[i] by 1 and
            # calculate it modulo by 3
            v[i] += 1
            v[i] %= 3

            # Divide the number by i
            n /= i
    # If the number is not equal to 1
    if n != 1:
        
        # Increment v[n] by 1
        v[n] += 1

        # Calculate it modulo 3
        v[n] %= 3

# Function to count the number of
# subarrays whose product is a perfect cube
def countSubarrays(arr: List[int], n: int):
    
    # Store the required result
    ans = 0

    # Stores the prime
    # factors modulo 3
    v = [0] * MAX

    # Stores the occurrences
    # of the prime factors
    mp = defaultdict(int)
    mp[Key(v)] = 1

    # Traverse the array, arr[]
    for i in range(n): 
        
        # Store the prime factors
        # and update the vector v
        primeFactors(v, arr[i])

        # Update the answer
        ans += mp[Key(v)]

        # Increment current state
        # of the prime factors by 1
        vv = Key(v)
        mp[vv] += 1
    # Print the result
    print(ans)

# Driver Code
arr = [1, 8, 4, 2]
N = len(arr)

countSubarrays(arr, N)

# This code is contributed by aadityaburujwale.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class GFG
{
  static int MAX = (int)(1e5);

  // To store the arr as a Key in map
  class Key
  {
    int[] arr;

    public Key(int[] arr)
    {
      this.arr = arr;
    }

    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
      return 31 + arr.GetHashCode();
    }

    public override bool Equals(object obj)
    {
      if (this == obj)
        return true;
      if (obj == null ||
          (GetType() != obj.GetType()))
        return false;

      Key other = (Key)obj;

      if (!arr.SequenceEqual(other.arr))
        return false;

      return true;
    }
  }

  // Function to store the prime
  // factorization of a number
  static void primeFactors(int[] v, int n)
  {
    for (int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++)
    {
      // If N is divisible by i
      while (n % i == 0)
      {
        // Increment v[i] by 1 and
        // calculate it modulo by 3
        v[i]++;
        v[i] %= 3;

        // Divide the number by i
        n /= i;
      }
    }

    // If the number is not equal to 1
    if (n != 1)
    {
      // Increment v[n] by 1
      v[n]++;

      // Calculate it modulo 3
      v[n] %= 3;
    }
  }

  // Function to count the number of
  // subarrays whose product is a perfect cube
  static void countSubarrays(int[] arr, int n)
  {
    // Store the required result
    int ans = 0;

    // Stores the prime
    // factors modulo 3
    int[] v = new int[MAX];

    // Stores the occurrences
    // of the prime factors
    Dictionary<Key, int> mp = new Dictionary<Key, int>();
    mp[new Key(v)] = 1;

    // Traverse the array, arr[]
    for (int i = 0; i < n-1; i++)
    {
      // Store the prime factors
      // and update the vector v
      primeFactors(v, arr[i]);

      // Update the answer
      ans += mp.GetValueOrDefault(new Key(v), 0);

      // Increment current state
      // of the prime factors by 1
      Key vv = new Key(v);
      mp[vv] = mp.GetValueOrDefault(vv, 0) + 1;
    }

    // Print the result
    Console.WriteLine(ans);
  }

  // Driver Code
  public static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    int[] arr = { 1, 8, 4, 2 };
    int N = arr.Length;

    countSubarrays(arr, N);
  }
}


// This code is contributed by aadityaburujwale.

JavaScript

// JavaScript program for the above approach
function primeFactors(v, n) {
    for (let i = 2; i * i <= n; i++) {

        // If N is divisible by i
        while (n % i == 0) {

            // Increment v[i] by 1 and
            // calculate it modulo by 3
            v[i]++;
            v[i] %= 3;

            // Divide the number by i
            n /= i;
        }
    }

    // If the number is not equal to 1
    if (n != 1) {

        // Increment v[n] by 1
        v[n]++;

        // Calculate it modulo 3
        v[n] %= 3;
    }
}

// Function to count the number of
// subarrays whose product is a perfect cube
function countSubarrays(arr, n) {
    // Store the required result
    let ans = 0;

    // Stores the prime
    // factors modulo 3
    let v = Array(1e5).fill(0);

    // Stores the occurrences
    // of the prime factors
    let mp = new Map();
    mp.set(v, 1);

    // Traverse the array, arr[]
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {

        // Store the prime factors
        // and update the vector v
        primeFactors(v, arr[i]);

        // Update the answer
        ans += mp.get(v)-1;

        // Increment current state
        // of the prime factors by 1
        mp.set(v, mp.get(v) + 1);
    }

    // Print the result
    console.log(ans);
}

// Driver Code
let arr = [1, 8, 4, 2];
let N = arr.length;

countSubarrays(arr, N);
// contributed by akashish__

Output:

Time Complexity: O(N^3/2)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

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