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# Introduction | ||
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Your body is made up of cells that contain DNA. | ||
Those cells regularly wear out and need replacing, which they achieve by dividing into daughter cells. | ||
In fact, the average human body experiences about 10 quadrillion cell divisions in a lifetime! | ||
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When cells divide, their DNA replicates too. | ||
Sometimes during this process mistakes happen and single pieces of DNA get encoded with the incorrect information. | ||
If we compare two strands of DNA and count the differences between them, we can see how many mistakes occurred. | ||
This is known as the "Hamming distance". | ||
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The Hamming distance is useful in many areas of science, not just biology, so it's a nice phrase to be familiar with :) |
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# Instructions | ||
# Description | ||
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A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, {a, b, c}, for which, | ||
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# Introduction | ||
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You are an accomplished problem-solver, known for your ability to tackle the most challenging mathematical puzzles. | ||
One evening, you receive an urgent letter from an inventor called the Triangle Tinkerer, who is working on a groundbreaking new project. | ||
The letter reads: | ||
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> Dear Mathematician, | ||
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> I need your help. | ||
> I am designing a device that relies on the unique properties of Pythagorean triplets — sets of three integers that satisfy the equation a² + b² = c². | ||
> This device will revolutionize navigation, but for it to work, I must program it with every possible triplet where the sum of a, b, and c equals a specific number, N. | ||
> Calculating these triplets by hand would take me years, but I hear you are more than up to the task. | ||
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> Time is of the essence. | ||
> The future of my invention — and perhaps even the future of mathematical innovation — rests on your ability to solve this problem. | ||
Motivated by the importance of the task, you set out to find all Pythagorean triplets that satisfy the condition. | ||
Your work could have far-reaching implications, unlocking new possibilities in science and engineering. | ||
Can you rise to the challenge and make history? |
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# Instructions | ||
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Given a natural radicand, return its square root. | ||
Your task is to calculate the square root of a given number. | ||
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Note that the term "radicand" refers to the number for which the root is to be determined. | ||
That is, it is the number under the root symbol. | ||
- Try to avoid using the pre-existing math libraries of your language. | ||
- As input you'll be given a positive whole number, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4… | ||
- You are only required to handle cases where the result is a positive whole number. | ||
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Check out the Wikipedia pages on [square root][square-root] and [methods of computing square roots][computing-square-roots]. | ||
Some potential approaches: | ||
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Recall also that natural numbers are positive real whole numbers (i.e. 1, 2, 3 and up). | ||
- Linear or binary search for a number that gives the input number when squared. | ||
- Successive approximation using Newton's or Heron's method. | ||
- Calculating one digit at a time or one bit at a time. | ||
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[square-root]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root | ||
You can check out the Wikipedia pages on [integer square root][integer-square-root] and [methods of computing square roots][computing-square-roots] to help with choosing a method of calculation. | ||
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[integer-square-root]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_square_root | ||
[computing-square-roots]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_computing_square_roots |
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# Introduction | ||
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We are launching a deep space exploration rocket and we need a way to make sure the navigation system stays on target. | ||
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As the first step in our calculation, we take a target number and find its square root (that is, the number that when multiplied by itself equals the target number). | ||
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The journey will be very long. | ||
To make the batteries last as long as possible, we had to make our rocket's onboard computer very power efficient. | ||
Unfortunately that means that we can't rely on fancy math libraries and functions, as they use more power. | ||
Instead we want to implement our own square root calculation. |