A Hack found in the problem "OETW" of September Cook off
For the test case 52 1 2 2 2The answer has to be 8 because any contiguous subsequence of the array cannot give the sum to be 8.So from 1 to 9 there are only 8 possible sums(1 to 7 and 9) and hence the...
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View ArticleOneTwo, OneTwo, testing.. unofficial editorial OETW
Since there's a lot of discussion on this problem, I thought I'd share my technique:Problem pages:Div1 contestDiv2 contestPracticeProblem statement: Find the number of distinct sums of contiguous...
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View ArticleSeptember Mega Cookoff , Hey sparky ....
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View ArticleWrong Answer Checking in September Mega Cook-Off.
For the question OneTwo (CODE:OETW), one user had submitted an incorrect answer which fails for the given example test case itself, but was adjudged as correct. I wish not to reveal the persons name,...
View ArticleGHVSSI - EDITORIAL
PROBLEM LINK:PracticeContest: Division 1Contest: Division 2Setter:Jafar BadourTester:HussainEditorialist:Taranpreet SinghDIFFICULTY:Easy-mediumPREREQUISITES:Number-theory, Game Theory Minimax...
View ArticleUPDOTR - EDITORIAL
PROBLEM LINK:PracticeContest: Division 1Contest: Division 2Setter:DOlaBMOonTester:HussainEditorialist:Taranpreet SinghDIFFICULTY:Easy-MediumPREREQUISITES:DFS or BFS, DP on trees and Binary...
View ArticleOETW - EDITORIAL
PROBLEM LINK:PracticeContest: Division 1Contest: Division 2Setter:DOlaBMOonTester:HussainEditorialist:Taranpreet SinghDIFFICULTY:EasyPREREQUISITES:Prefix SumPROBLEM:Given an array $A$ consisting of...
View ArticleATM2 - EDITORIAL
PROBLEM LINK:PracticeContest: Division 1Contest: Division 2Setter:Jafar BadourTester:HussainEditorialist:Taranpreet SinghDIFFICULTY:CakewalkPREREQUISITES:None at all (what did you expect?? :D)PROBLEM:A...
View ArticleMAKPERM - EDITORIAL
PROBLEM LINK:PracticeContest: Division 1Contest: Division 2Setter:Jafar BadourTester:HussainEditorialist:Taranpreet SinghDIFFICULTY:SimplePREREQUISITES:Observation would be enough.PROBLEM:Given array...
View ArticleTABGAME - Editorial
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View ArticleBest Way to Check if a Number Z can be expressed as Difference of 2 Perfect...
I am trying to Solve problem Ghayeeth vs Siroj GHVSSI from Sep Mega Cook Off 2018I figured out that if a number Z is divisible by 4 or it is an odd number then it can be expressed as a^2−b^2 But this...
View ArticleNext Palindrome problem - PALIN
Please help me optimize this code. Also please suggest me tips for competitive coding in python 3.def nextPal(n): n = str(int(n)) if (n=='9'): return 11 if(n=='99'): return 101 l = len(n) if(l<2):...
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