## Solution

#### Approach 1: Equal Ones

Intuition

Each part has to have the same number of ones in their representation. The algorithm given below is the natural continuation of this idea.

Algorithm

Say S is the number of ones in A. Since every part has the same number of ones, they all should have T = S / 3 ones.

If S isn't divisible by 3, the task is impossible.

We can find the position of the 1st, T-th, T+1-th, 2T-th, 2T+1-th, and 3T-th one. The positions of these ones form 3 intervals: [i1, j1], [i2, j2], [i3, j3]. (If there are only 3 ones, then the intervals are each length 1.)

Between them, there may be some number of zeros. The zeros after j3 must be included in each part: say there are z of them (z = S.length - j3).

So the first part, [i1, j1], is now [i1, j1+z]. Similarly, the second part, [i2, j2], is now [i2, j2+z].

If all this is actually possible, then the final answer is [j1+z, j2+z+1].

Complexity Analysis

• Time Complexity: , where is the length of S.

• Space Complexity: .

Analysis written by: @awice.