You can read the problem set I met in this competition. Usually the problems are easy to understand, but hard to solve. For example, Prime Ring is a classic ACM problem:
Prime Ring Problem
A ring is composed of n (even number) circles as shown in diagram. Put natural numbers 1, 2, ..., n into each circle separately, and the sum of numbers in two adjacent circles should be a prime.
Note: the number of first circle should always be 1.
Input
n (1 -- 16)
Output
The output format is shown as sample below. Each row represents a series of circle numbers in the ring beginning from 1 clockwisely and anticlockwisely. The order of numbers must satisfy the above requirements.
You are to write a program that completes above process.
Sample Input
6
8
Sample Output
Case 1:
1 4 3 2 5 6
1 6 5 2 3 4
Case 2:
1 2 3 8 5 6 7 4
1 2 5 8 3 4 7 6
1 4 7 6 5 8 3 2
1 6 7 4 3 8 5 2
There're 8 problems in the competition, and you have 5 hours to work on them. You can use C, C++ or JAVA to solve the problems. Usually the source code of the answer is NO longer than 2 pages. You can visit a PROBLEM SET ARCHIVE at http://online-judge.uva.es/problemset/ and you can even submit your answer, and get feedback from the judges.
Every year Dr. Kobti organizes 2 seminars, in March and in September. In October, there'll be a Local Contest, and the first 2 teams can go to Oakvill for the Region Competition. If any of you are interested in the contest, you can find 2 friends and start working on it now.
You can read my answer for the Prime Ring.
Thanks, Albert. When will you build your blog?
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