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  2. Mutilated chessboard problem - Wikipedia

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    The mutilated chessboard Unsuccessful solution to the mutilated chessboard problem: as well as the two corners, two center squares remain uncovered. The mutilated chessboard problem is a tiling puzzle posed by Max Black in 1946 that asks: Suppose a standard 8×8 chessboard (or checkerboard) has two diagonally opposite corners removed, leaving ...

  3. Lazy evaluation - Wikipedia

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    That is, a statement such as x = expression; (i.e. the assignment of the result of an expression to a variable) clearly calls for the expression to be evaluated and the result placed in x, but what actually is in x is irrelevant until there is a need for its value via a reference to x in some later expression whose evaluation could itself be ...

  4. Exception handling (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Since exceptions in C++ are supposed to be exceptional (i.e. uncommon/rare) events, the phrase "zero-cost exceptions" [note 2] is sometimes used to describe exception handling in C++. Like runtime type identification (RTTI), exceptions might not adhere to C++'s zero-overhead principle as implementing exception handling at run-time requires a ...

  5. Eight queens puzzle - Wikipedia

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    If the remainder is 3, move 2 to the end of even list and 1,3 to the end of odd list (4, 6, 8, 2 – 5, 7, 9, 1, 3). Append odd list to the even list and place queens in the rows given by these numbers, from left to right (a2, b4, c6, d8, e3, f1, g7, h5).

  6. Iterative method - Wikipedia

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    If an equation can be put into the form f(x) = x, and a solution x is an attractive fixed point of the function f, then one may begin with a point x 1 in the basin of attraction of x, and let x n+1 = f(x n) for n ≥ 1, and the sequence {x n} n ≥ 1 will converge to the solution x.

  7. Operator error blamed for elevator incident that led to death ...

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    A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, Lt. Renee Bunting, declined to provide more details and told a reporter to file a records request to get more information.

  8. No. 1 Kansas flusters Cooper Flagg, overcomes Hunter ... - AOL

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    The Jayhawks shot 49.1% from the floor and 8 of 17 from 3 (47.1%) while hitting 11 of 12 free throws. Proctor led Duke with 15 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals. Flagg added five ...

  9. Bisection method - Wikipedia

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    A few steps of the bisection method applied over the starting range [a 1;b 1].The bigger red dot is the root of the function. In mathematics, the bisection method is a root-finding method that applies to any continuous function for which one knows two values with opposite signs.