In mathematics, a generating function is a way of encoding an infinite sequence of numbers (an) by treating them as the coefficients of a power series. This formal power series is the generating function. Unlike an ordinary series, this formal series is allowed to diverge, meaning that the generating function is not always a true function and the "variable" is actually an indeterminate. Generating functions were first introduced by Abraham de Moivre in 1730, in order to solve the general linear recurrence problem. One can generalize to formal series in more than one indeterminate, to encode...
I can't believe we don't have this already.. It's one of the most important data-structures in programming, yet still simple enough to implement it in a code-golf:
Challenge
Your task is to implement a stack that allows pushing and popping numbers, to test your implementation and keep I/O simpl...
This is a 2-dimensional version of this question.
Given a non-empty 2-dimensional array/matrix containing only non-negative integers:
$$ \begin{bmatrix}
{\color{Red}0} & {\color{Red}0} & {\color{Red}0} & {\color{Red}0} & {\color{Red}0} \\
{\color{Red}0} & {\color{Red}0} & 0 & 1 & 0 \\
{\color{R...
The following simulates Mathematica's behaviour after using it for more than 24 hrs.
MathLink`CallFrontEnd[FrontEnd`UndocumentedCrashFrontEndPacket[]]
Works as advertised! :D
Introduction
Numberphile recently posted a video about truncatable primes, and the concept seems like it would make a good base for a number of good code golf exercises. I explain the concepts below, but watch the video only if you want ideas about an algorithmic process for finding them.
A lef...
Time sheets
In a work place you often have to complete time sheets. This task is write code to help this.
Input
Two times in the 12 hour clock signifying the start and end of the day separated by a space. A third number represents the number of minutes taken for lunch. For example
9:14 5:12 ...
