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Time Limit Exceeded with Segment Tree data structure

I am trying to solve this problem Chef Ceil has some matchsticks in his kitchen. Detail of matchsticks: There are N matchsticks in total. They are numbered from to 0 to N-1 inclusive. ...
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Two squares or not two squares - constant time optimization

I have been trying to solve this problem, and after a bit of googling, I realised a \$O(\sqrt{n})\$ time complexity works fine (though the algorithm suggested is different from that I have used). My ...
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Calculate difference of indices

The challenge is to reconstruct an n-digit number using the following information: On each step, you choose an index x from 1 to n. For all indices y (y < x), you calculate the difference by ...
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Genomic Range Query

Recently I worked on one of the Codility Training - Genomic Range Query (please refer to one of the evaluation report for the detail of this training). The proper approach for this question is using ...
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'Team Split' problem

Below is my solution for this 'Team Split' problem. In summary, the problem is to find relative strength of 2 teams by finding the difference between their total strength (individual strengths can be ...
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Fish Food Chain O(N)

I understand that if you don't know the trick, it's not easy create a solution with a complexity of O(N). However, I would like to ask you how to solve this tricky question: You are given two ...