#include int droot(long long int x, int base, int *pers) { int d = 0; if (pers) for (*pers = 0; x >= base; x = d, (*pers)++) for (d = 0; x; d += x % base, x /= base); else if (x && !(d = x % (base - 1))) d = base - 1; return d; } int main(void) { int i, d, pers; long long x[] = {627615, 39390, 588225, 393900588225LL}; for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) { d = droot(x[i], 10, &pers); printf("%lld: pers %d, root %d\n", x[i], pers, d); } return 0; }