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Puzzles for Programmers and Pros
Overview
- Aimed at both working programmers who are applying for a job where puzzles are an integral part of the interview, as well as techies who just love a good puzzle, this book offers a cache of exciting puzzles
- Features a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the reader solve an entire class of Sudoku-like puzzles
- Provides the tools to solve the puzzles by hand and computer
- The first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmically; the third part asks the reader to solve a mystery involving codes, puzzles, and geography
- Comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have a chance to win a prize, which will be promoted on wrox.com
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780470121689
- ISBN-10: 0470121688
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish Date: May 2007
- Dimensions: 8.96 x 7.1 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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