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November Cook-off 2014 on CodeChef
By kostya_by, 9 years ago, In English

Hi everybody!

I'm inviting you to take part in the November Cook-off 2014 on CodeChef at http://www.codechef.com/COOK52. The problems are prepared by me this time. Also, I'm the writer of the editorials.

Time: 23rd November 2014 (2130 hrs) to 24th November 2014 (0000 hrs). (Indian Standard Time — +5:30 GMT) — Check your timezone.

Details: http://www.codechef.com/COOK52

Registration: Just need to have a CodeChef user id to participate.

New users please register here

I would also like to thank all guys that were taking part in preparations of the contest:

  • Problem Tester: Roman Rubanenko(Rubanenko);
  • Problem Administrator: Stephen Merrimen;
  • Russian Translator: Sergey Kulik(CherryTree);
  • Mandarin Translators: Gedi Zheng(gediiiiiii) and Minako Kojima(MinakoKojima).

I hope that you will enjoy solving the problems as much as I was enjoying while preparing them.

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What is this new category : "Problem Administrator" ?
Could you elaborate a little.

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    Well, one of Stephen's responsibilities is proofreading of the statements and helping me to make them as clear as possible.

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How was Most Distant Points supposed to be solved?

I saw a couple of solutions that inserted (x+y) and (x-y) to a multiset and took max, but didn't quite understand it. Link

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