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Evaluating a polynomial
Given the following polynomial and the value for x, determine y. y = 3x^5 – x^3 + 8x – 3 Example x = 1 y = 3 - 1 +...

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Sophie Germain prime
In number theory, a prime number p is a *Sophie Germain prime* if 2p + 1 is also prime. For example, 23 is a Sophie Germain prim...

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Wrapping the Tower of Pisa
The famous artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who likes pizza, wants to wrap the well-known Italian tower in paper. It is a ci...

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Sum of first n terms of a harmonic progression
Given inputs a, d and n, return the sum of the first n terms of the harmonic progression a, a/(1+d), a/(1+2d), a/(1+3d),....

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Doubling elements in a vector
Given the vector A, return B in which all numbers in A are doubling. So for: A = [ 1 5 8 ] then B = [ 1 1 5 ...

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Woodall number
Test whether the input is a Woodall number: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodall_number> _Please do not cheat by simply chec...

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Test if a Number is a Palindrome without using any String Operations
*Description* Given an integer _X_, determine if it is a palindrome number. That is, _X_ is equal to the _X_ with the digits ...

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Better bullseye matrix
<http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/18-bullseye-matrix Problem 18> asks to create a bullseye matrix like this:...

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Swap the input arguments
Write a two-input, two-output function that swaps its two input arguments. For example: [q,r] = swap(5,10) returns q = ...

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Sideways sum
Given natural number calculate its _population count_.

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Rotate Matrix Both Direction (45 Degree)
*Matrix (3x3 only) rotation*: 3 inputs: *x* matrix, *n* times and *m* option. output: *y* matrix with *n x 45* degree ...

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Rotate Matrix Clockwise (45 Degree)
*Matrix (3x3 only) rotation clockwise*: 2 inputs: *x* matrix and *n* times. output: *y* matrix with *n x 45* degree ro...

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Vector parallel to plane?
Given the coefficients of the equation which defines a plane as follows: ax+by+cz=d, return a boolean indicating whether the 2n...

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surface of parallelogram
Given 2 vectors of each 3 elements, determine the surface of the parallelogram which can be created from these 2 vectors.

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Evil Number
Check if a given natural number is evil or not. Read more at <https://oeis.org/A001969 OEIS>.

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Rounding off numbers to n decimals
Inspired by a mistake in one of the problems I created, I created this problem where you have to round off a floating point numb...

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Too Many Zeros, Dump Them!
Sometimes when I create a matrix, I use this syntax: a = zeros(1000,1000); But when the function ends, I find that I don'...

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The prisoner
"We want information, information, information." "Who are you?" Input can be a string or a number (array).

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Remove the Zero
Given an array n, remove all zeros

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Diagonal & Anti-Diagonal Matrix: Easy
Create a matrix as shown below from "magic" square. For example: if input x=9;then use mgic(x) and create the matrix...

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Concatenate strings
concatenate a variable number of input strings to produce one outputstring

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Generate the Matrix!
Given n, generate the following matrix: a = [ n n-1 n-2 ... 2 1; n-1 n-1 n-2 ... 2 1; n-2 n-2 n-2 ... 2 1;...

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Beginner's Problem - Squaring
Try out this test problem first. Given the variable x as your input, square it by two and put the result in y. Examples: ...

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CARDS PROBLEM
Read my mind and tell me the card number that I have now in my hands.

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Let's get back to school, and create multiplication tables
For a given range, create multiplication tables. (start is always < endno) Example start = 17 endno = 19 Then, ...

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Sum the 'edge' values of a matrix
Sum the 'edge' values of an input matrix (the values along the perimeter). Example [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] Output = ...

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Penny flipping - calculate winning probability (easy)
Two players are playing a fair penny flipping game. For each flip, the winner adds one penny from the loser's collection to his/...

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Compare two input matrices
Check which input matrix has more elements. Return "1" if matrix A has more elements than matrix B. Otherwise return "0". Exa...

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How many jokers?
* Given DNA codes of a group of suspects, * and a code for certain types of jokers, * Count how many jokers of that type. * ...

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Parasitic numbers
Test whether the first input x is an n-parasitic number: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_number>. ( _n_ is the second in...

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