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Multiplying big numbers using Karatsuba's method
The Karatsuba algorithm, first published in 1962, aims to speed up the multiplication of big numbers by reducing the number of 'single-digit-multiplications' involved.
Because of its complexity (...
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Download files in parallel
This module has a ensure_downloaded function which takes a slice of Urls. It downloads all of the urls to a local downloads ...
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Tree for PowerShell
For anyone reading this old question, this module has evolved and improved a lot since then. It has been fully rewritten in C# and uploaded to the PowerShell Gallery! If you would like to try it out:
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Metropolis Monte Carlo Sampler in Rust
the following is an implementation of the standard Metropolis Hastings Monte Carlo sampler. You can read more about it here.
At the end I am going to give you a link to the Rust playground, so you ...
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Implementing Simple Diff in Rebol
I've taken a crack at implementing Simple Diff in Rebol (versions 2 and 3). Simple Diff works by finding the longest common sequence in two series, then recursively applies itself either side of this ...
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Modeling tabular structure in MSSQL to store data like Excel sheet applying Column inheritance
I've created this database structure to store tabular information (it's a simplification of my real structure but enough to show the point). In it I have Sheets and ...
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A* Algorithm in F#
Inspired by this post I looked up A* on wikipedia and went on with my own implementation as seen below where I try to mimic the pseudocode on Wikipedia but in a recursive manner.
I would like any ...
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All pairs/Cartesian multiplication of iterators in rust
crustaceans!
This is my attempt at creating an all_pairs operation for rust iterators. The code has to generate a new iterator which, when iterated, produces all ...
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Chapter 8 Challenge: Add employee names to a department
The boring but exciting challenge:
Using a HashMap and HashSet, create a text interface to allow a user to add employee names ...
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Efficiently generate distinct subsets which sum to a particular value
Related: Find all distinct subsets that sum to a given number
This code is supposed to efficiently generate all subsets of a list such that the subset's values sum to a particular target value. For ...
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K nearest neighbours algorithm
Here is a project that I worked on for a few days in June 2020. Since the algorithm is extremely slow, I looked into methods in order to parallelize operations but did not obtain any satisfactory ...
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Simple-ish Rust implementation of 'cat'
I've seen some other implementations of cat (even in Rust) on this site, but none attempted to completely implement the GNU cat CLI as far as I can tell. This version that I am developing is complete (...
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Recursive conversion from ExpandoObject to Dictionary<string, object> #2
Because my original question was lacking many details, I have been advised to ask a new question.
I will repeat the important parts of the original question and add examples etc to hopefully make it ...
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Generating integer partitions
I've tried to implement integer partition algorithm as described in blogpost below (author implemented it in Python):
Generating integer partitions
I'm still trying to learn best practices in ...
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Selection sort with reduced comparison count: Python iteration 2
Follow up to Selection sort with reduced comparison count - semi-final Iteration?
My goal (and excuse not to tag reinventing…) is to have presentable code to argue the viability of reducing the number ...
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