Why do I publish my solutions ?

This is a mirror of my C++ solutions for about half of the Project Euler problems

You can find the code along with in-depth explanations and live demos at https://euler.stephan-brumme.com

Below is an excerpt from https://euler.stephan-brumme.com/why/ :

Why do I publish my solutions ?

Almost always the solutions for problems at Project Euler consist of two parts:

finding a mathematical way to break down the problem's structure into its elements
writing an efficient program for step 1

I strive to:

explain my choice of algorithms and data structures
write fully commented C++ source code that compiles without warnings and without any external libraries
interactive tests for most problems
link to relevant Wikipedia / MathWorld / OEIS pages
link to other solutions, especially those that are written in other programming languages

Let's not forget that it helps me, too: only if I can explain a solution to someone else then I can be sure that I truly understood it in the first place. And practicing some of the lesser used features of C++ (such as algorithms hidden inside STL, like std::next_permutation) improves my overall coding skills as well.

Sounds like a win-win situation ...

"But You Shouldn't Publish Your Solutions !"

Project Euler encourages you NOT to publish solutions.

I have a different point of view:

99% of my knowledge is based on things I was taught, I saw somewhere or I stumbled across
and maybe 1% is "original"
I'm pretty sure it's not just me - it's the way how all of us gain knowledge

So it boils down to:

having a good teacher
access to well-equipped library
and probably most important today: your skills in working with a search engine

If someone visits my website/repository then he/she already realized that he/she can't solve that problem and is doing the right thing: ask someone. That's the only way how knowledge can be spread - all famous scientists wrote books. Leonhard Euler was one of the most productive mathematicians and he published 866 papers/books/etc. He shared his knowledge. And a substantial number of my solutions is based on some of his formulas, I only solved them because I could look up his works.

Admittedly, there is no use in publishing lists of the results to Project Euler problems. In my opinion, these numbers don't matter at all: noone really cares whether the result of problem 1 is 233167, 233168 or 233169. That's why you find algorithms, explanations, links, code, ..., basically everything on my website - but not the results. Because these numbers don't teach you anything.

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euler-0001.cpp		euler-0001.cpp
euler-0002.cpp		euler-0002.cpp
euler-0003.cpp		euler-0003.cpp
euler-0004.cpp		euler-0004.cpp
euler-0005.cpp		euler-0005.cpp
euler-0006.cpp		euler-0006.cpp
euler-0007.cpp		euler-0007.cpp
euler-0008.cpp		euler-0008.cpp
euler-0009.cpp		euler-0009.cpp
euler-0010.cpp		euler-0010.cpp
euler-0011.cpp		euler-0011.cpp
euler-0012.cpp		euler-0012.cpp
euler-0013.cpp		euler-0013.cpp
euler-0014.cpp		euler-0014.cpp
euler-0015.cpp		euler-0015.cpp
euler-0016.cpp		euler-0016.cpp
euler-0017.cpp		euler-0017.cpp
euler-0018.cpp		euler-0018.cpp
euler-0019.cpp		euler-0019.cpp
euler-0020.cpp		euler-0020.cpp
euler-0021.cpp		euler-0021.cpp
euler-0022.cpp		euler-0022.cpp
euler-0023.cpp		euler-0023.cpp
euler-0024.cpp		euler-0024.cpp
euler-0025.cpp		euler-0025.cpp
euler-0026.cpp		euler-0026.cpp
euler-0027.cpp		euler-0027.cpp
euler-0028.cpp		euler-0028.cpp
euler-0029.cpp		euler-0029.cpp
euler-0030.cpp		euler-0030.cpp
euler-0031.cpp		euler-0031.cpp
euler-0032.cpp		euler-0032.cpp
euler-0033.cpp		euler-0033.cpp
euler-0034.cpp		euler-0034.cpp
euler-0035.cpp		euler-0035.cpp
euler-0036.cpp		euler-0036.cpp
euler-0037.cpp		euler-0037.cpp
euler-0038.cpp		euler-0038.cpp
euler-0039.cpp		euler-0039.cpp
euler-0040.cpp		euler-0040.cpp
euler-0041.cpp		euler-0041.cpp
euler-0042.cpp		euler-0042.cpp
euler-0043.cpp		euler-0043.cpp
euler-0044.cpp		euler-0044.cpp
euler-0045.cpp		euler-0045.cpp
euler-0046.cpp		euler-0046.cpp
euler-0047.cpp		euler-0047.cpp
euler-0048.cpp		euler-0048.cpp
euler-0049.cpp		euler-0049.cpp
euler-0050.cpp		euler-0050.cpp
euler-0051.cpp		euler-0051.cpp
euler-0052.cpp		euler-0052.cpp
euler-0053.cpp		euler-0053.cpp
euler-0054.cpp		euler-0054.cpp
euler-0055.cpp		euler-0055.cpp
euler-0056.cpp		euler-0056.cpp
euler-0057.cpp		euler-0057.cpp
euler-0058.cpp		euler-0058.cpp
euler-0059.cpp		euler-0059.cpp
euler-0060.cpp		euler-0060.cpp
euler-0061.cpp		euler-0061.cpp
euler-0062.cpp		euler-0062.cpp
euler-0063.cpp		euler-0063.cpp
euler-0064.cpp		euler-0064.cpp
euler-0065.cpp		euler-0065.cpp
euler-0066.cpp		euler-0066.cpp
euler-0067.cpp		euler-0067.cpp
euler-0068.cpp		euler-0068.cpp
euler-0069.cpp		euler-0069.cpp
euler-0070.cpp		euler-0070.cpp
euler-0071.cpp		euler-0071.cpp
euler-0072.cpp		euler-0072.cpp
euler-0073.cpp		euler-0073.cpp
euler-0074.cpp		euler-0074.cpp
euler-0075.cpp		euler-0075.cpp
euler-0076.cpp		euler-0076.cpp
euler-0077.cpp		euler-0077.cpp
euler-0078.cpp		euler-0078.cpp
euler-0079.cpp		euler-0079.cpp
euler-0080.cpp		euler-0080.cpp
euler-0081.cpp		euler-0081.cpp
euler-0082.cpp		euler-0082.cpp
euler-0083.cpp		euler-0083.cpp
euler-0084.cpp		euler-0084.cpp
euler-0085.cpp		euler-0085.cpp
euler-0086.cpp		euler-0086.cpp
euler-0087.cpp		euler-0087.cpp
euler-0088.cpp		euler-0088.cpp
euler-0089.cpp		euler-0089.cpp
euler-0090.cpp		euler-0090.cpp
euler-0091.cpp		euler-0091.cpp
euler-0092.cpp		euler-0092.cpp
euler-0093.cpp		euler-0093.cpp
euler-0094.cpp		euler-0094.cpp
euler-0095.cpp		euler-0095.cpp
euler-0096.cpp		euler-0096.cpp
euler-0097.cpp		euler-0097.cpp
euler-0098.cpp		euler-0098.cpp
euler-0099.cpp		euler-0099.cpp
euler-0100.cpp		euler-0100.cpp

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