Problem 1532. SLP Calculation

Created by Richard Zapor

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David Gines on 17 Jun 2013

I received the error: While evaluating the solution, the server encountered an error caused by long running MATLAB code. Edit the code if needed and then rescore." Is there a time limit? Multiplication is O(N^2) in the number of digits.

Richard Zapor on 18 Jun 2013

Cody has an approx 53 second time limit. My solution for the big case took 0.568 sec. I'll investigate your solution Tuesday.

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