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using markov chains to solve a project-euler problem?
I never learned what markov chain is, but from googling it seems like if there are finite states and each state has probabilities to jump to other states, I can use markov chain.
What I'm on is ...
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Project Euler Problem 371
Project Euler Problem 371 states
Oregon licence plates consist of three letters followed by a three digit number (each digit can be from [0..9]).
While driving to work Seth plays the following ...
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Flaw in expected value solving logic (Project Euler 323)
The problem statement for Project Euler #323 is as follows:
Let $y_0, y_1, y_2, ...$ be a sequence of random unsigned 32 bit integers (i.e. $0 \leq y_i < 2^{32}$, every value equally likely).
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How is this probability found (project euler #121)?
In the problem statement of project Euler problem 121, the following information is given:
A pouch contains one black chip and one white chip. In a simple game, one player takes a chip at random and ...
