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This approach involves successively dividing the number n by 4 to check if it results in 1. If n is a power of four, repeatedly dividing it by 4 should eventually reduce it to 1 with no remainder.
Time Complexity: O(log4 n) due to repeated division.
Space Complexity: O(1) because no additional space is used.
1function isPowerOfFour(n) {
2 if (n <= 0) return false;
3 while (n % 4 === 0) {
4 n /= 4;
5 }
6 return n === 1;
7}This JavaScript function performs the iterative check using a loop, dividing n by 4 until it either becomes 1 or a non-divisible value.
This approach harnesses logarithms to determine if a number is a power of four. For a number n to be a power of four, the logarithm base 4 of n should be an integer. Utilizing the change of base formula, this can be checked without directly using base 4 logarithm functions.
Time Complexity: O(1) as logarithmic operations are constant time.
Space Complexity: O(1).
1By leveraging JavaScript's Math methods, it determines the power of four status by computing logarithmic values and comparing with their floored versions.