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This post was written by Gaurav Sen. A software engineer by work and a competitive programmer by choice.

How to solve nondeterministic polynomial (NP) challenge problems in programming contests
How to solve nondeterministic polynomial (NP) challenge problems in programming contests

How to solve nondeterministic polynomial (NP) challenge problems in programming contests

In this article, we talk about what Challenge problems are and how to solve them. I find them the most attractive questions in…

Gaurav Sen, Author
February 9, 2017
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Game playing programs

Game playing programs

This blog explains my approaches to a game contest hosted by HackerEarth. The contest asked programmers to put forward their bots to play…

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December 7, 2016

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