Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-20, 13:42
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-19, 14:03
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-17, 23:51
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Has anyone here tried to calculate values...
Has anyone here tried to calculate values especially far? I've computed up to 23 (with a fast enough program that calculating the next few values would be realistic if I left it running for a while).
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-06, 18:33
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-06, 13:55
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-05, 17:50
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-04, 19:54
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,363
Note that you can permute the order of x_i...
Note that you can permute the order of x_i arbitrarily if you also permute y_i the same way.
Take the example solution given in the problem statement and order the x_i in ascending order:
x =...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-06-04, 18:31
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-05-02, 16:58
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,033
Even that is slower than necessary - there's a...
Even that is slower than necessary - there's a straightforward O(n2) algorithm.
By the way, the way to present the problem feels slightly weird to me - the introduction about how every size 2n set...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-04-29, 14:11
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,510
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-04-27, 17:27
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-04-04, 03:27
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-04-04, 02:20
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-03-22, 00:56
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
Official solution has finally been published 3...
Official solution has finally been published 3 weeks into the next month. No analysis though, just a far from optimal answer. Here are the best solutions I found:
68 for the base problem:
98 for...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-03-01, 23:29
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
Here's a not-quite-a-solution to the bonus...
Here's a not-quite-a-solution to the bonus problem. This could be considered somewhat of a spoiler to some aspects of the problem, but the month is over even if an official solution hasn't been...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-28, 02:40
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-27, 20:33
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-24, 03:20
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Views: 1,862
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-23, 19:27
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,862
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-22, 23:16
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
I found a 117 element solution to the bonus...
I found a 117 element solution to the bonus problem. I don't remember the best for the basic question, but running a quick search gets 83 (could likely be easily improved somewhat, somewhat...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-07, 12:11
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,691
I don't find it too interesting myself. Any...
I don't find it too interesting myself. Any random sequence would eventually produce a match. So would a sequence like 1 2 3 4 5 ... (you would get more matches arbitrarily late as parts of larger...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-05, 17:59
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,691
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-03, 07:41
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,154
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-01, 16:05
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,229
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-02-01, 15:54
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,229
Doesn't make any real difference.
Variant...
Doesn't make any real difference.
Variant question (still pretty easy):
The rubber band is stretched so that at time x its length is x2. At what times can the ant start at one end and...
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