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Minimizing floor space needed to store $N$ unit cubes, subject to two placement rules

There is a store room which has only three sides all touching each other perpendicularly, the sides can be defined as: two infinitely large walls and one infinitely large floor. There are $N$ cubes ...
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Dividing $N$ coins into at most $K$ groups such that I can get any number of coins by selecting whole groups

Problem Inspired from Dividing $100$ coins into $7$ groups such that I can choose any number of coins by selecting whole groups . I am interested in the number of possible ways we can get such a split....
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Rephrase a simple mathy logic problem (yielding solution of an ordered procedure), and its generalized counterpart, into a solvable algorithm.

I'm given a selection of logic puzzles about different entities crossing a river safely (either from the same side to the same other side, or switching sides; utilizing the same boat, with certain ...
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Cyclic Partisan Nim Variant

This game is played with a sequence of heaps and a position marker, where each heap is owned by exactly one player. The game ends when a player has removed all objects from their own heaps, and this ...
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