Tag: math
The problem is from codeforces: http://www.codeforces.com/contest/268/problem/B This is clearly a math counting problem. In easy description, the problem can be described as: how many numbers are there in this pattern, …
This problem is from codeforces: http://www.codeforces.com/problemset/problem/268/A This is a simple math problem. Almost every solution needs to store the colours of home and away. Counting the occurrences that the home colour …
January 24, 2013
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The problem is from codeforces: http://www.codeforces.com/contest/265/problem/B This problem is not difficult, but it took me nearly 1:30 hr to get it right during the contest. I thought at first, the …
The problem is from codeforces: http://codeforces.com/contest/263/problem/B Sort the squares by sizes then we will easily derive the answer. If there is a point in the smallest square, it must be …
The problem is from codeforces: http://www.codeforces.com/problemset/problem/262/B Two hints used to solve this problem are greedy and sorted numbers. The greedy approach turns negative numbers one by one in non-decreasing order …