Bit Manipulation

Tutorials

• A Bit of Fun: Fun with Bits
  https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/a-bit-of-fun-fun-with-bits/

• Tutorial for bitwise operations
  https://www.codechef.com/node/225100

Sample Problems

Below are all very good practice problems to use bitwise operation from TopCoder problems.I put a link to my coding for those problems. Any questions and/or comments are welcome!

Problem Statement for FactoryCounting

TCCC06 Online Round 1B - Division I, Level Two

http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6725&rd=10100

Problem Statement for EllysCheckers 

Single Round Match 534 Round 1 - Division I, Level One 

http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=11791&rd=14727&rm=311688&cr=22859464

Problem Statement for RabbitStepping 

Single Round Match 475 Round 1 - Division I, Level One 

http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10878&rd=14156

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Self Check My Own Program

These are my memorandums to diagnose my program for the competition.

Memory Usage

How to Check Memory Usage in Java.
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-simplest-and-most-accurate-way-to-measure-the-memory-used-by-a-program-in-a-programming-contest-environment

Performance

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Study Planning for Programming Competition

Training Guidelines:

1. Getting started in sport of programming
   https://docs.google.com/document/d/10pw2WJDECopU3JgvZ6DEFQ8flBgNGw9f7SWmR2gYP_w/edit
2. How should I practice so that I will be at a level where I can approach TopCoder's Div1-500 problems with confidence?
   http://www.quora.com/How-should-I-practice-so-that-I-will-be-at-a-level-where-I-can-approach-TopCoders-Div1-500-problems-with-confidence

Training Materials:

1. Data Science Tutorials
   https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/
2. Algorithms (4th Edition) 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
   http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-4th-Edition-Robert-Sedgewick/dp/032157351X
   http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rk/1efb7f8c73564f1093db84e496a15660/
   
   Source code location (Java Algorithms and Clients):
   http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/code/

Personal Note:

1. Google Drive: Programming Competition:
   
   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13jLHqEn0gHYQgEVkPQZb0NhZFtPv3_1cOWX6eqv2uf4/edit#gid=0

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