Problem 167
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- stijn263
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LarryC
Re: Problem 167
I must be going mad here! Does n=8 render ?????????? like I get? Sorry to ask for all these confirmations!
Thanks,
Lster
Thanks,
Lster
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LarryC
Re: Problem 167
With some change... Is it be it right or not, I deleted it (hk)? Man, this one is driving me mad! 
- Tommy137
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LarryC
Re: Problem 167
No. But these are my questioned values. I wouldn't be able to guess in a million years... 
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LarryC
Re: Problem 167
I can't really see what harm it would do, but that's fine. I'll figure it out on my own.be it right or not, I deleted it (hk)
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zwuupeape
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Re: Problem 167
I found the pattern (although I have no idea why it works). It's fine for some values of n, not for others. Is there a pattern in the patterns? some n's are far more difficult than others, obviously - but how much more difficult? Are there many people who solved it for some n but not others?
Out of curiosity - can anyone solve this for U(2,25)? U(2,101)? U(2,1001)?
Thanks.
Out of curiosity - can anyone solve this for U(2,25)? U(2,101)? U(2,1001)?
Thanks.
- Assato
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Re: Problem 167
U(2,25) is calculated in the thread... the others are probably too big (101 might be feasible, I'll try later on when I get to my computer).
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quilan
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Re: Problem 167
Yeah, I just re-checked my code from the thread. U(2,25) is easy and is done in thread, but U(2,101) and up are prohibitively expensive (at least with my Python code). Actually, my computer gave me a memory error once it got to U(2,33). So yeah... not happening.zwuupeape wrote:I found the pattern (although I have no idea why it works). It's fine for some values of n, not for others. Is there a pattern in the patterns? some n's are far more difficult than others, obviously - but how much more difficult? Are there many people who solved it for some n but not others?
Out of curiosity - can anyone solve this for U(2,25)? U(2,101)? U(2,1001)?
Thanks.
ex ~100%'er... until the gf came along.


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scientes
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Re: Problem 167
k=10^11-1
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U(2,5)[k]= <snipped by modrator>
U(2,7)[k]= <snipped by modrator>
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Is it true ?
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U(2,5)[k]= <snipped by modrator>
U(2,7)[k]= <snipped by modrator>
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Is it true ?
- thedoctar
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Re: Problem 167
I have a bit of spare time on my hands so came back to PE.
First welcome-back problem, what a doozy! Congrats to those who made this problem.
I was stuck for hours on an edge-case in my code. Really well-designed problem!
First welcome-back problem, what a doozy! Congrats to those who made this problem.
I was stuck for hours on an edge-case in my code. Really well-designed problem!
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz

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