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Sum of bitwise XOR of each subarray weighted by length

here is the problem statement You are given an array a of length n consisting of non-negative integers. You have to calculate the value of \$\sum_{l=1}^n \sum_{r=l}^n f(l,r)\cdot (r - l + 1)\$ where \...
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Largest contiguous sub-array sum

Challenge Determine the largest contiguous sum of integers in a list. Specifications The first argument is a path to a file. The file contains multiple lines. Each line is a test case represented by ...
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Counting Increasing Subsequences of size K recursive

The original description of the problem can be found here, its input here and its expected output here. The problem: Given a integer sequence a1 ... an (-10000 \$\leq\$ ai \$\leq\$ 10000). Where ...
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Optimal way to annihilate a list by removing items from the ends

I'm stuck with a contest problem. Description: What is the minimum number of moves to annihilate an int array where the possible moves are: Remove both the first and last elements if they are equal ...
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NGON (many polygons) on SPOJ

I am trying to solve NGON problem. I am using bottom up dynamic programming here. Recurrence function is: $$\begin{array}{rl} f(a,b) &= f(a-1,b) + f(a-1,b-1)\,a_i +\frac{f(a-1,b-2)\,a_i(a_i-1)...
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Project Euler #15 -- count possible lattice paths

I'm not a C programmer, just wanted to make a fast solution to the problem. Starting in the top left corner of a 2×2 grid, and only being able to move to the right and down, there are exactly 6 ...
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