Quantum Breakdown.: Catalysts Coding Contest 3 April 2020
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3rd April 2020
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December 2028, Earth
The world is now a fundamentally different place.
Advancements made in the field of quantum computing made decryption a trivial
problem. Without any proper encryption techniques yet discovered, the world is forced
to resort to other, at least for now, more old-fashioned ways of transfering critical data
from point A to point B.
You’re hired by the middle-eastern security magnate So-Loh Mid to develop such a
system of data passing as to ensure complete security and data integrity.
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Your task
› Find an efficient and fail-safe way to transfer data between points
› The internet is not an option anymore as encryptions are not safe
› You’ll have to find another more… physical way to transfer data!
› You’ll be assisted by So-Loh Mid’s Russian CIO, Kerry Kotl
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Level 1
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Level 1
Kerry Kotl:
Let’s make one thing clear. I don’t give you mana until you fix issue. Here,
look over these flight charts, see what you can learn from them. I won’t tell
you my plan until you can at least prove to me you’re up to the task.
Task for Level 1: Find the boundaries of the
map, maximum altitude and time span
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Level 1
Input Output
N minTimestamp maxTimestamp
timestamp,lat,long,altitude minLat maxLat
(repeats N times) minLong maxLong
maxAltitude
Format
Self explanatory.
Find the minimum and the maximum for each type of value, except for
the altitude where we already know the minimum is 0 (generally, but
the slice of data you see might not have it).
Float values are compared with a maximum allowed error of 10-5
N (int) Number of flight entries that follow minTimestamp (int)
timestamp (int) Amount of seconds since a fixed point in time maxTimestamp (int)
lat (float) North latitude of the coordinate. In degrees minLat (float)
long (float) East longitude of the coordinate. In degrees maxLat (float)
Types altitude (float) Meters above the sea level minLong (float)
maxLong (float)
maxAltitude (float)
5 136932 578963
136932,48.297,16.503,1379 41.287 51.531
144068,45.262,39.702,1866 2.089 39.702
212782,41.287,2.089,0 11582
Example
370277,43.959,21.427,11582
578963,51.531,19.923,10058
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Good luck!
