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One of the first exercises in The Art of Computer Programming is Fermat's last theorem. Don Knuth rates it as 95/100 in terms of difficulty.
by MatthewWilkes 11y ago
One of the first exercises in The Art of Computer Programming is Fermat's last theorem. Don Knuth rates it as 95/100 in terms of difficulty.
- fapjacks 11y ago>95/100 Heh.
- pvg 11y agoIt's rated HM45 (higher mathematics required, 45 out of 50) on a 'logarithmic' difficulty scale. Previous editions used to rate it M50 (mathematics, unsolved research problem).
- MatthewWilkes 11y agoI knew I should have checked my facts before I posted. Still, it gave me a good chuckle when I saw it.