Euler? I never even met her!

August 20, 2005 6:11 AM

Project Euler is a running contest of programming challenges to hone your algorithm skills. "Each problem is designed according to a 'one-minute rule', which means that although it may take several hours to design a successful algorithm with more difficult problems, an efficient implementation will allow a solution to be obtained on a modestly powered computer in less than one minute."
posted by Wolfdog (11 comments total)

The ACM also post their contests online for you to work on.
posted by chunking express at 8:22 AM on August 20, 2005

*sigh*. I wish we still had topcoder. I mean yes, they still exist, but they don't give out thousands of dollars three times a week anymore.

Now that was fun :P
posted by delmoi at 8:29 AM on August 20, 2005

I am 1% genius!
posted by kenko at 8:33 AM on August 20, 2005

Best. Title. Ever.
posted by ook at 9:01 AM on August 20, 2005

Thanks Wolfdog, this is great fun.
posted by knave at 11:46 AM on August 20, 2005

Seems like a lot of these would best be solved with prolog or some form of constraints-based programming, no? Like finding a pythagorean triplet which sums to 1000.
posted by kenko at 3:46 PM on August 20, 2005

oh gosh! brain needs to stretch!
posted by N8k99 at 8:09 PM on August 20, 2005

Problems 18, 67 and 81 are basically the same.
posted by kenko at 11:37 PM on August 20, 2005

This is great. Thanks, Wolfdog!

Are you a Combinatorist? I see you're Hungarian ...
posted by louigi at 1:28 AM on August 21, 2005

Also interesting: Google CodeJam '05
posted by yevge at 2:43 PM on August 21, 2005

i did problem 1 without using a computer, in maybe less than 2 minutes. do i win a prize?
posted by jonvaughan at 3:29 AM on August 22, 2005