Rules

• Teams can participate with a maximum of 3 members.
  
  
• The contest is not open for fourth year Computer Science students of IIT Kanpur.
  
  
• Permissible languages to send solutions in, are:
  
  
  • C
    
  • C++
    
  • Java
    
  • Pascal
  
  
  
• Compilers to be used: gcc (gcc (GCC) 3.3.3) for C, g++ (g++ (GCC) 3.3.3) for C++, j2sdk1.5.0 (javac 1.5.0_01) for Java and gpc (gpc 20040516, based on gcc-3.3.3) for pascal. Invoked as:
  
  
  • gcc -O -w -static -o probX probX.c -lm
    
  • g++ -O -w -static -o probX probX.cpp -lm
    
  • javac -nowarn -Xmaxerrs 1 probX.java; java probX
    
  • gpc -O -static -w -o probX probX.pas
  
  
  
• All problems will be posted on 18th February 2006 at 1400 hours - Indian Standard Time (GMT +530).
  
  
• The competition closes on 19th February 2006 at 0800 hours - Indian Standard Time (GMT +530). However, the duration of the contest may be extended at the discretion of the coordinators.
  
  
• Only, submissions which reach us within this 18 hour limit will be evaluated (unless the duration is extended). Solutions can be submitted in any order. However, there will be an upper limit of 10 for submitting the solution of a problem. That is , no more than ten submissions will be allowed for any given problem.
  
  
• Submission has to be done in proper format, failing which the entries shall not be accepted. The procedure for submitting the problems will be disclosed before the start of the contest.
  
  
• Each problem will have a certain input format and a certain output format (which will be specified with the problem). This format has to be adhered to, else the submission will not be accepted.
  
  
• If any team(s) are found to copy source code of other teams, that team will be immediately disqualified.
  
  
• Any team which attempts to hack/deliberately crash the judging system will be immediately disqualified.
  
  
• The decision of the organisers in declaring the results will be final. No queries in this regard will be entertained.
  
  
• The event does not require the participants to be present in IIT for participation. And hence, no registration fees is required.