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saltpro15

Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:08 pm


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Hey all!

Are you beating your head off the keyboard trying to learn difficult algorithms?  Want to gain an edge in competition programming?  Well, I have a treat for you.

Hopefully TopCoder doesn't sue me for this but STRONGLY, recommend the DP tutorial.

Wondering what people are talking about when they use terms like O(n^2)?  
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation]this link will help you greatly :D

Well, now you need a place to practice all your elite coder knowledge!  [url=http://www.spoj.pl/]SPOJ  is a pretty popular judge. They have thousands of problems and you can submit solutions anytime.  My handle there is dr3w.


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bbi5291

Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:02 am


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Hey all!
Hopefully TopCoder doesn't sue me for this but STRONGLY, recommend the DP tutorial.

You don't need any permission to link to a website. If any site tries to convince you that you need permission, it's complete BS.


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Shah-Cuber

Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:44 am


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:O 
The secret is out... :roll: 
... curses, I failed SRM 446 XD


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saltpro15

Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:31 am


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I haven't even signed up for TopCoder yet, next year I think...

great tutorials though.

Brian, how's IOI?


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bbi5291

Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:28 am


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I didn't do so well - my day 1 score is 269/400. The other Canadians got 320, 314, and 230, I think. This puts me in the silver range probably.


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saltpro15

Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:33 am


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That's good.  You have day 2 still right?


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Analysis Mode

Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:01 pm


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Wow hanson only got 320?  And some other person's only 6 behind him?


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A.J

Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:17 pm


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I am assuming Peter W. got 230 and Robin got 314.

Congrats Brian. I thought IOI started at 15th.

I guess I was wrong.

I wish you guys all the best.

(P.S: Convey my regards to Peter W. Tell him I said hi )