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/** Author : Siddhant Swarup Mallick
 * Github : https://github.com/siddhant2002
 */


/** Program description - To find the New Man Shanks Prime. */
/** Wikipedia Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newman%E2%80%93Shanks%E2%80%93Williams_prime */

package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;

public class NewManShanksPrime {
    public static boolean nthManShanksPrime(int n , int expected_answer)
    {
        int a[] = new int[n+1];
        // array of n+1 size is initialized
        a[0] = a[1] = 1;
        // The 0th and 1st index position values are fixed. They are initialized as 1
        for(int i=2;i<=n;i++)
        {
            a[i]=2*a[i-1]+a[i-2];
        }
        // The loop is continued till n
        return a[n]==expected_answer;
        // returns true if calculated answer matches with expected answer
    }
}