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the fly, the train, the second train, and their Zeno's paradox
*You have heard this one*: A train leaves station _A_ and travels with constant velocity _v1_. A second train leaves station _B_...

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Mimic foldl in functional programming
Mimic the higher-order function |foldl| ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_%28higher-order_function%29 Wikipedia:Fold (higher-...

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does it touch ?
given a sentence, tell how much it touches. input : string output : how much it touches touching : a bilabial phoneme d...

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hanoi towers II
with 3 rods (1,2 & 3), the goal is to move a tower of n disks from rod #1 to rod #3. You can move disks only one by one, on the...

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Are you in or are you out?
Given vertices specified by the vectors xv and yv, and a single point specified by the numbers X and Y, return "true" if the poi...

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Recurrence relation
A recurrence relation is given by P(1) := 1 P(n+1) := exp(1) - (n+1)*P(n) Write a function that, given an integer |...

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love is an n-letter word
Given a list of *N words*, return the *N-letter word* (choosing one letter from each word) with the property of having the least...

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Program an exclusive OR operation with logical operators
Program an exclusive or operation *without* using the MATLAB function xor. Use logical operators like |, &, ~, ... instead. ...

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Clockwise or Counterclockwise
Given a list of 2-d points defining the vertices of a polygon, determine whether these points are sorted clockwise. The input...

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Smallest distance between a point and a rectangle
Given two points *x* and *y* placed at opposite corners of a rectangle, find the minimal euclidean distance between another poin...

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Proper Factors
Generate the proper factors of input integer _x_ and return them in ascending order. For more information on proper factors, ref...

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Great Circle Distance
Find shortest between two points on a ball given their azimuthal and polar angles (in degrees) as well as the radius of the sphe...

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Sum all integers from 1 to 2^n
Given the number x, y must be the summation of all integers from 1 to 2^x. For instance if x=2 then y must be 1+2+3+4=10.

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The Tower of Hanoi
In the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi Tower of Hanoi problem> with 3 rods (1, 2 & 3), the goal is to move a tower ...

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Data decompression
A chunk of data is to be 'decompressed'. Input: * compressed: a row vector of uint8 values. This is the compressed data. ...

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Omit columns averages from a matrix
Omit columns averages from a matrix. For example: A = 16 2 3 13 5 11 10 8 9 7 ...

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Monte-Carlo integration
Write a function that estimates a d-dimensional integral to at least 1% relative precision. Inputs: * d: positive integer....

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random picture with random colours
write a function which creates a random(x,y) matrix with random RGB colours for example create_pic(5,5) gives us a 3d matrix. ...

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Nearest
*Description* Find the value and index of the element in vector _x_ that is nearest to value _y_. _y_ should be able to be a ...

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Double Deal
*Description* Given an input vector _v_, return the first element as the first output, the second element as the second outpu...

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Roll the Dice!
*Description* Return two random integers between 1 and 6, inclusive, to simulate rolling 2 dice. *Example* [x1,x2] =...

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Minefield Sonar
*Background* In mine-hunting games (e.g. Microsoft Minesweeper), the user is provided with a covered grid that, upon a left c...

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Test if a Number is a Palindrome without using any String Operations
*Description* Given an integer _X_, determine if it is a palindrome number. That is, _X_ is equal to the _X_ with the digits ...

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Reverse the Words (not letters) of a String
*Description* Change the words of a string such that the words appear in reverse order. You may assume that the string is a n...

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First N Perfect Squares
*Description* Return the first N perfect squares *Example* input = 4; output = [ 1 4 9 16 ];

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Set a Soroban Abacus
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Pizza!
Given a circular pizza with radius _z_ and thickness _a_, return the pizza's volume. [ _z_ is first input argument.] Non-scor...

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Kaprekar numbers
Test if the input is a Kaprekar number: <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/KaprekarNumber.html>. Return a logical true or false. ...

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Woodall number
Test whether the input is a Woodall number: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodall_number> _Please do not cheat by simply chec...

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Right and wrong
Given a vector of lengths [a b c], determines whether a triangle with those sides lengths is a right triangle: <http://en.wikipe...

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