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Mathematica Pearls: Programming Pearls
Author

Donald Piele
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Journal / Anthology

Mathematica in Education and Research
Year: 1997
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Page range: 51-53
Contents

Subsequence with maximum sum; Psycho Dice (solution)
Description

The problem for this issue appeared in the delightful book Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley, Addison-Wesley, 1986. Here he presents this issue's problem as a lesson in finding dramatic performance improvements in computer algorithms.
Subjects

*Mathematics > Number Theory
*Mathematics > Probability and Statistics
*Mathematics > Recreational Mathematics
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