Algorithm puzzle: Elves, Cakes and Gremlins
A locker room contains a number of lockers (L), and a number of elves (E). The elves are attempting to put cakes in the lockers, cake by cake, to feed cake-eating gremlins (obviously) that have access...
View ArticleAlgorithm puzzle: Elves, Cakes and Gremlins – my solution #1
Here’s my answer to the elves, cakes and gremlins puzzle. I’m quite sure this is not the only solution, and it may well not be the best solution, but I believe it works. I think the key to this puzzle...
View ArticleAlgorithm puzzle: Elves, Cakes and Gremlins – my solution #2
This post is the continuation of my answer to the elves, cakes and gremlins puzzle. One remaining question is the validity of the assumption that its quick and easy to find a value of S that is coprime...
View ArticleFour fours
Over the weekend I wrote a little ugly perl in order to solve the ‘four fours‘ problem. Essentially the problem is to make as many positive integers as you can, using only four occurrences of the digit...
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