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Problem 42377. Bouncy numbers

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Inspired by Project Euler n°112.
  • Working from left-to-right if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its left it is called an increasing number. For example: 134468.
  • Similarly if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its right it is called a decreasing number. For example: 66420.
We shall call a positive integer that is neither increasing nor decreasing a bouncy number. For example, 155349.
Clearly there cannot be any bouncy numbers below one-hundred, but surprisingly, these numbers become more and more common after.
Find the least number for which the proportion of bouncy numbers is exactly p%.
As always this type of problem is difficult to solve with usual Matlab functions (num2str).
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Last Solution submitted on Feb 06, 2025

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