What are some good competitive problems for a programming contest?
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Basically, I want to make a great reference for use with programming contests that would have all of the algorithms that I can put together that I would need during a contest as well as sample useage for the code. I'm planning on making this into a sort of book that I could print off and take with me to competitions. I would like to do this rather than simply bringing other books (such as Algorithms books) because I think that I will learn a lot more by going over all of the algorithms myself as...
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Been there, done that. My experiences with these contests are from the early 2000s, so still some 8...
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Currently I am working my way through USACO gateway training (Page on delos.com:790). I am about to finish section 2.3 with only 1 problem that I can't get out of my way :(. So steps would you take if you are in such situation? What sorts of questions...
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Think about it for a little longer, if you're still completely stuck, then ask someone who is more experienced...
Mostafa Hany Gomaa at Quora Mark as irrelevant Undo
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Problem writer/tester for TopCoder/Codeforces/ACM/whatever. Problem coordinator for the same sites...
Mariya Mykhailova at Quora Mark as irrelevant Undo
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I highly doubt it to be genetic.. I come from a family full of doctors with my dad being the only mechanical...
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When we look at programming contest winners we just see some code been typed, what we dont see is years...
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I know many will gonna support codechef(as of great community and total indian support) or Codeforces...
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Hi, We will be releasing the statements and the answers for them soon. Stay tuned.
Lalit Kundu at Quora Mark as irrelevant Undo
I'm a first year CSE student in Dhaka. My university has no record in any regional / local contest. So, for sure, I am not gonna have any good team-mate. I started my programming career in 2010 and took part in BdIO ' 12 . And then, I didn't have any...
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This may be of some help : What was Anudeep Nekkanti's Competitive Programming strategy to become 3...
Nilesh Mishra at Quora Mark as irrelevant Undo
I am very interested in competitive programming but I never score well in any of the online platforms even after repeated efforts to do well. Here are my stats: TopCoder - grey (max rating was around 1200) Codechef - appx. 1500 World Rank (Short),...
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You do realize that competing in these contests isn't going to make you any better? It's the practice...
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I give codechef, topcoder, codeforces regularly but whenever I see a mathematical question I get nervous and demotivated. That is because I suck at these kind of problems, not because I don't know mathematics but just that a contest problem are meant...
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What are some must-know topics in discrete math and probability for competitive programming?
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