It was the first time I've tried out using linear algebra to solve a problem and it was very fun hand-coding the rotational matrix function lol.
Eventually I only got the small set though since the 2 line of nested tuple spaghetti mess never straightened itself. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 10:18 Jimb Esser <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:13:33 PM UTC-7, Vladyslav Lukiantsev > wrote: > > First three tasks include some optimizations, working with arrays, etc. > Meanwhile, fourth task is the pure geometric problem, which takes a couple > of lines of code which are just mirror for geometric formulas and nothing > with optimization. > > Is it normal for Google Code Jam to include such strange tasks in > competition? > > It also depends on how you solve it? My geometry-fu is super weak, but > I'm a graphics programmer so I know how to rotate meshes and project > shadows, so I solved it algorithmicly by doing a search on the possible > rotations to find one that creates a shadow area that matches. I'm sure > there's a much, much more elegant solution for those more geometrically > inclined, but I'm not going to spend the time to figure it out during a > competition when I can just work with what I know ^_^. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/5de8ffb4-86b5-46cd-98b2-de5845ab9056%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CANrP2_O9OA2Qc_bW%3DWPx5gPH6isd2LOoTpk5fbNYTA%2BA_R9g-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
