What is Project Euler?
Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming
problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve.
Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient
methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to
solve most problems.
The motivation for starting Project Euler, and its continuation, is to
provide a platform for the inquiring mind to delve into unfamiliar areas
and learn new concepts in a fun and recreational context.
Who are the problems aimed at?
The intended audience include students for whom the basic curriculum is
not feeding their hunger to learn, adults whose background was not
primarily mathematics but had an interest in things mathematical, and
professionals who want to keep their problem solving and mathematics on
the edge.
Can anyone solve the problems?
The problems range in difficulty and for many the experience is inductive
chain learning. That is, by solving one problem it will expose you to a
new concept that allows you to undertake a previously inaccessible
problem. So the determined participant will slowly but surely work his/her
way through every problem.
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