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Re:Consider Yourself a Developer? You Should Solve the Proje... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:13PM (#19175632)
I found the Euler problems to quickly become too difficult to suss out if someone doesn't have a strong math background. While I did enjoy the first couple dozen, it quickly left me in the dust just because I didn't understand all the notation and concepts at play.
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Re:Consider Yourself a Developer? You Should Solve the Proje... by superpermutat0r on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:01PM (#19175964)
Well, even if you get all the notation in the problem statement the background math knowledge required to solve the problem is ridiculous.

I remember a problem with Fibonacci numbers that required me to know some really weird Fibonacci identity.

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Re:Consider Yourself a Developer? You Should Solve the Proje... by vonseel on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:16PM (#19175665)
Well, guess I won’t make it past the first few dozen, then.
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