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Raise Matrix to Power
For a given square matrix x and scalar a, find x^a without using '^' or 'mpower'.

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Test if two numbers have the same digits
Given two integers _x1_ and _x2_, return |true| if the numbers written with no leading zeros contain the same digits. That is, t...

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Right Triangle Side Lengths (Inspired by Project Euler Problem 39)
If _p_ is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with integral length sides, { _a_, _b_, _c_ }, there are exactly three solutio...

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Basics: 'Find the eigenvalues of given matrix
Find the eigenvalues y for a given matrix x.

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Multiples of a Number in a Given Range
Given an integer factor _f_ and a range defined by _xlow_ and _xhigh_ inclusive, return a vector of the multiples of _f_ that fa...

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Largest Twin Primes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_prime Twin primes> are primes p1, p2 = p1 + 2 such that both p1 and p2 are prime numbers. Giv...

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Rank of magic square (for beginners)
Compute the rank r of a magic square of order n WITHOUT rank and magic functions.

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The Dark Side of the Die
It is well-known that opposite sides of a classic hexahedral die add to 7. Given a vector of dice rolls, calculate the sum of th...

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Next Higher Power of B
|Given a number _n_ and a base _B_ greater than 1, return the lowest integer power of _B_ that is greater than or equal to _n_. ...

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Next Lower Power of B
Given a number _n_ and a base _B_ greater than 1, return the lowest integer power of _B_ that is less than or equal to _n_. E...

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Television Screen Dimensions
Given a width to height ratio of a TV screen given as _w_ and _h_ as well as the diagonal length of the television _l_, return t...

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Magic is simple (for beginners)
Determine for a magic square of order n, the magic sum m. For example m=15 for a magic square of order 3.

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Guess Cipher
Guess the formula to transform strings as follows: 'Hello World!' --> 'Ifmmp Xpsme!' 'Can I help you?' --> 'Dbo J ifmq zpv...

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Find Index of maximum Value and maximum Value of a vector
Find the Index of the first occurrence of the maximum value in a vector and also the maximum value in the vector. Example: [...

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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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What's Your BMI?
Find the body mass index. For reference, please refer to Wikipedia here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index body ...

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Make a 1 hot vector
Make a vector of length _N_ that consists of all zeros except at index _k_, where it has the value 1. Example: Input ...

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Add two numbers
Calculate the sum of two numbers. Example input = [2 3] output = 5

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Given a matrix, return the last eigen value
Given a matrix, return the first eigen value For example: x = magic(5) 17 24 1 8 15 23 5 7 14 ...

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Subtract two positive numbers
Given a and b as a string, return b-a without using string to number conversion functions. a and b must to be a same size and b ...

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Change the sign of even index entries of the reversed vector
change the signs of the even index entries of the reversed vector example 1 vec = [4 -1 -2 9] ans = [9 2 -1 -4] example2...

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Generate a vector like 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4
Generate a vector like 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 So if n = 3, then return [1 2 2 3 3 3] And if n = 5, then return [1 2 2...

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Calculate the Levenshtein distance between two strings
This problem description is lifted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance>. The Levenshtein distance betwee...

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compare strings
Given 2 strings and 3 actions (Insert,delete,replace) on characters. Find the difference between two strings. Example: str...

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Is the Point in a Circle?
Check whether a point or multiple points is/are in a circle centered at point (x0, y0) with radius r. Points = [x, y]; c...

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Usage of varargout
This Challenge is to demonstrate usage of varargout. Output a cell array using varargout of magic squares of size 1 thru n. ...

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Prime factor digits
Consider the following number system. Calculate the prime factorization for each number n, then represent the prime factors in a...

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Are you in or are you out?
Given vertices specified by the vectors xv and yv, and a single point specified by the numbers X and Y, return "true" if the poi...

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Pi Estimate 2
Estimate Pi as described in the following link: <http://www.people.virginia.edu/~teh1m/cody/Pi_estimation2.pdf>

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Removing rows from a matrix is easy - but what about inserting rows?
Assume A is a 5-by-5 matrix. A([2,4],:) = [] is a quick way to remove rows 2 and 4. Can you find a quick way to insert rows into...

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