[algogeeks] Re: national informatics olympiad problem

2008-02-06 Thread dor
Since N is at most 60, an O(N^3) algorithm should be fast enough (you can probably do better, this is just a straightforward solution). Let sum(i, j) = the sum of all cells in the rectangle spanning rows 1 through i, and columns 1 through j (that is, the rectangle with upper left corner at cell

[algogeeks] Re: national informatics olympiad problem

2008-02-06 Thread dor
Oops, please ignore. I did not notice that you were not talking about the first problem on that page. On Feb 6, 3:51 pm, dor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since N is at most 60, an O(N^3) algorithm should be fast enough (you can probably do better, this is just a straightforward solution). Let

[algogeeks] Re: national informatics olympiad problem

2008-02-06 Thread Geoffrey Summerhayes
On Feb 6, 12:30 pm, robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I was trying to solve problem number 5 from 15th bulgarian informatics olympiad. on the following website: http://www.math.bas.bg/bcmi/noi99.html (we have to find the minimum and maximum possible values of numbers on the star

[algogeeks] Re: national informatics olympiad problem

2008-02-06 Thread dor
OK, problem 5 yes? (hopefully I got it right this time). Very cute problem, by the way. I thought about a solution that seems tedious to prove (if it's actually correct). I did not prove it myself, so this might be totally bogus. So be on the lookout for easy counterexamples. OK, here is the