Difficult math is about recognizing patterns

Re:Difficult math is about recognizing patterns by sjg007 on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:34PM (#28124321)

Are you suggesting that the Collatz conjecture is a valid interview question?

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Re:Difficult math is about recognizing patterns by foxes on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:04PM (#28124780)

Proving it no one has any ideas, but generating the sequence given the input is definitely an interview style question.

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Re:Difficult math is about recognizing patterns by rejectedandsad on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:14PM (#28124539)

It is, it’s a fairly standard warmup interview problem.

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