Questions tagged [kolmogorov-complexity]
Kolmogorov complexity, informally, is the amount of code it takes to describe or produce a constant object, such as a string or image. When posting a challenge in this category, please make sure it adds something new to existing challenges.
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Is it an option for the ls utility specified in POSIX.1-2017?
The ls utility lists specified directory content. It is infamous for stupidly lots of options which is known for anti-pattern design of implementing software.(...
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Output the Steiner system S(5,8,24)
Output 759 "rows", each of which consists of 8 distinct integers in the range 0,1,...,23, with the property that every set of 5 integers in the range 0,1,...,23 is contained in exactly one ...
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Looping counter extended
The looping counter is a challenge that prints an infinite number of lines. The first line has one *, the next line has one more ...
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Cellular Automata Rule 30
What are cellular automata?
Cellular automata describes a broad category of computational models that covers various cellular automations, some of the most intriguing of which involve 'simple' rules ...
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Sith TIE-Fighter
Today is May 5th which means it's Star-Wars Day episode II: Revenge of the 5th.
For this task, you will output the following image of a Sith TIE-fighter:
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X-Wing Starfighter
Today is May 4th, Star Wars day, so here's a Star Wars ASCII-art task. Output this image of an X-Wing starfighter:
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nimi ale lon toki pona! (Every word in Toki Pona!)
"nimi ale lon toki pona" is a song by YouTuber jan Misali which lists 137 common words in the constructed language Toki Pona. This challenge is not a duplicate of "How high can you ...
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Find the Chess960 starting positions from its integer ID
Chess960, a.k.a. Fisher random chess, is a variation of the game of chess.
In classic chess the starting positions are always the same. In chess960 they vary.
Before each game of chess960 one random ...
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First person to ever beat Classic Tetris
Historic Tetris Achievement
Blue Scuti became the first ever human to beat the classic game of Tetris on NES.
Here's the Tetris Kill Screen
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Output the following Tetris ...
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Calculate 500 digits of e
Write a program to calculate the first 500 digits of the mathematical constant e, meeting the rules below:
It cannot include "e", "math.e" or similar e constants, nor may it call ...
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Forward foo, reverse bar, but avoid dead code [closed]
So simple: Provide some code that outputs foo and with the reversed source outputs bar. But before you come up with something ...
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Bloons TD 6 Ordered Upgrade Paths
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The monkeys need your help again organizing their defense and have asked you, Benjamin the code monkey, to create a program that will list all tower upgrade options as they appear in your ...
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Smallest integer \$n\$ such that \$\frac{\sqrt{\log_2{n}}}{(\log_2 {\log_2 n})^2} > 1\$
Write code that outputs the smallest integer \$n > 5\$ such that \$\frac{\sqrt{\log_2{n}}}{(\log_2 {\log_2 n})^2} > 1\$. Your code may have at most one digit in its source code. You can use ...
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Print the Christmas alphabet
Write a program to print or return one of these strings verbatim:
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Notice that there is no L.
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