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Wheat on a chessboard pt 1
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Wheat on a chessboard pt 2
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Apply a function array to an array of numbers
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Three grind is shipsstraigt
A function that returns either 'Rock', 'Scissors', or 'Paper' (string). You may succeed or you may fail the (case insensitive) t...

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Dancing with wolves?
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Acidity of vinegar and salts
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Two-output anonymous function?
Return a function handle that when applied to an input, it produces two outputs: the first is the same as the input, and the sec...

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deconvolution
* Suppose there is a vector v like [1 0 0 -1], representing polynomial coefficients. * In this example, the polynimial is 1*x^3...

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Make blocks of color
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chance in percent for minimum K heads when a good coin is tossed N times?
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Periodic Table 101.
Given the atomic number (z), answer the symbol for that particular element of the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table/ ...

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Special Relativity 101.
Special relativity states that the mass of an object varies as a function of its velocity. If *c* is the speed of light (c appro...

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Volume difference between Ellipsoid and Sphere
Given an ellipsoid of semi principal axis (a,b,c) find the volume of the difference between this ellipsoid and the sphere with...

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When can one be the Life Member of the IEEE?
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capable husband?
* The prospective husband must pass a background check, * and *functions* faithfully, as suggested by <http://www.mathworks.com...

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Simple date to serial no. conversion
Convert a date string to a serial date number. For example if you take x='19-May-2001' then the result is 730990 x...

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Simple return on investment
Assume you have some money and want to invest all your money to stock market. You randomly select a stock and invest all your mo...

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Center of mass
Given a matrix M(m,n), where m is the number of vertices of the geometrical element and n is 2 or 3 (2D-plane figure or 3D-solid...

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Convert hex color specification to MATLAB RGB
Here's something that comes up all the time if you deal with web pages. Given a <http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.as...

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Find third Side of a right triangle given hypotenuse and a side. No * - or other functions allowed
Find the remaining side of a triangle given the hypotenuse and a side. However, the normal functions and symbols are not allowe...

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Is the paranthesis sequence balanced ?
Quantum mechanics and computer science are interested in <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation bra-kets>. Today...

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How long do each of the stages of the rocket take to burn?
A space rocket has 3 stages: - stage 1, s1; - stage 2, s2; - stage 3, s3. If s1 burns 3 x as long as s2 which burns ...

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Elapsed time is -0.005204 seconds.
Write a function that takes less than zero seconds to execute, as measured using tic and toc. For repeatability, the test case p...

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Angle between Two Vectors
The dot product relationship, a dot b = | a | | b | cos(theta), can be used to determine the acute angle between vector a and ve...

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wait for me
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Create a random logical vector of N elements of which M are true.
Your task for tomorrow is to create a random binary (logical) vector of N elements of which M are true. For example: ran...

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Decode a simplified barcode
Given a bar code from this <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/602-make-a-simplified-bar-code exercise>: Re...

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Infernal Recursion
Consider the recursion relation: x_n = (x_(n-1)*x_(n-2))^k Given x_1, x_2, and k, x_n can be found by this definition. Wr...

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Make a simplified barcode
Given an integer to encode, make a barcode using the following encoding scheme: * The bar code is made from the binary versio...

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Sum of digit range
Example: If A is n1, and B is n2 digit positive numbers. A*B's digit range will be [c d] (c = min & d = max). Then return ...

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