Programs for Purple Comet Math Meet

Question

I am going to be participating in the high school division of the Purple Comet Math Meet. Since computers are allowed to be used on the competition, I was wondering if anyone can recommend software/programs that I can use to solve these types of questions.

Thanks!

@metacompactness Is it possible to learn the python necessary to do these types of questions by tomorrow? — user140900, Apr 06 '14 at 19:37
@user140900 Do you have any programming experience? If not, just use a scientific calculator. — user5402, Apr 06 '14 at 19:48
@user140900 So you can use Java since the problems don't require the use of advanced mathematical features (like bessel functions, integral equations...). — user5402, Apr 06 '14 at 19:53
@metacompactness If I have a system of two equations and I want to find all possible values of three unknowns, how do I do this in Mathematica? — user140900, Apr 07 '14 at 00:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '14 at 19:33

I don't know anything about how these kind of contests work. But seeing the problems for last years, these came to mind:

Some kind of good calculator, always useful.
If you have some programming knowledge, and you are allowed to use it in the competition, then for sure I would have my IDE of choice. Some of the questions are programmable (for example, the counting questions, although I am sure it's not the idea, you can bruteforce without much trouble in Java or C++ o whatever you like.)

Programs for Purple Comet Math Meet

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