What to Solve

This section is a collection of problems that range from simple bit-related problems to digital designs. As such, no restriction is placed on proposing the problems. We do like to stick with few basic principles in this arena. Here are they:

1. Anyone can propose a problem and anyone can solve.
2. Take care not to repeat the problems that were already solved or proposed.
3. Make sure to maintain the count in this page to reflect the number of problems.
4. Its not demanding on the problem proposer to put the solution, in a few cases, it might be a problem that needs some research. In any case, this is a place to expose various kinds of problems and to see for ourself how far we could stretch out to solve them.
5. When a solution is presented for a problem, it doesnot mean that its solved completely. You could still try to find similar or a different solution if it exists.

NOTE: All problems and solutions would be considered to be public. In case if you think your solution needs to be secured (copyWXYZ’ed/Patent’ed) give the mail-id in the solution section and let the person willing to know the solution would contact you for further details. Moreover, this place is both for fun as well as serious problem posers. Please do prioritize the problems among yourselves, considering its in the public domain.

Here is a list of problems collected over a week’s time. The solutions follow in the same page.

These links could be useful in few cases.

1. List of *MAGIC* Algorithms
2. Fork Bombing
3. World Puzzle Federation
4. QUIXY - National Puzzle Championship
5. IBM Ponder This
6. Nick's Math Puzzles

For Programming Contests:

1. Online Judge - UVa (ACM problem set)
2. TopCoder
3. Algorithm tutorials for Online Contests