The obvious answer is, do the class with your fiancee, and then you'll learn how to solve those problems. Every intro to CS class has advice how to do this http

The obvious answer is, do the class with your fiancee, and then you'll learn how to solve those problems. Every intro to CS class has advice how to do this https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~112/notes/notes-algorithmic-thinking.html https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~112/notes/notes-algorithmic-thinking... Break down the problem into smaller ones you think you can solve and start from there, the more practice at this the better you get at solving future problems. Maybe you even turn out to be really good at this and take up amateur theoretical CS in your spare time.