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Find the perfect square!

Gaia, 5 bytes (this was produced by trying a bunch of languages from https://github.com/ETHproductions/golfing-langs until I found one that had the most useful built-ins for this problem) dụ⁇)u Expla …
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Find the perfect square!

Jelly, 5 bytes Ḷ²%ċ0 Uses the formula from the OEIS: the number of solutions to $$x^2 \equiv 0 \ (\mathrm{mod} \ n)$$ Explanation: implicit input range 0..n-1, square each modulo input (I got this p …
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Find the number of integers in the range from 1 to N that ends with 2

Pyt [sic!], 3 bytes Finally found the right language. I had a now-deleted answer in Vim, but it returned the empty string for an input of 1 :( 8+₀ Explanation: 8 In fact, I have no idea whethe …
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Calculate the Mean mean of two numbers

Sledgehammer, 15 bytes so I just posted the winning answer to my own question ⡈⠀⣐⢕⠠⢵⠂⡒⡓⠄⠬⢔⣲⣔⢯ Take input as a list of two (or more) machine precision integers. Mathematica has all the built-ins you c …
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Calculate the Mean mean of two numbers

disclaimer: the Mean mean is made up by me Define the arithmetic mean of \$n\$ numbers as $$M_1(x_1,...,x_n)=\frac{x_1+x_2+...+x_n}{n}$$ Define the geometric mean of \$n\$ numbers as $$M_0(x_1,...,x_n …
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How wavy is an array?

A wave of power \$k\$ is an infinite array that looks like \$1,2,\dots,k,k-1,\dots,1,\dots,k,\dots,1,\dots\$, and so on. For example, a wave of power 3 starts with \$1,2,3,2,1,2,3,2,1,...\$, and repea …
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The ultimate inequality challenge

Sledgehammer, 17 bytes 16.75, to be overly specific ⣕⢌⢲⢼⠴⢺⢟⢼⣑⣮⣊⠞⠀⢄⡕⡝⢥ There's no point in trying to read that, so here's the corresponding Mathematica code with a reasonable explanation: ToExpression …
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Reverse factorial function

Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 20 bytes Mathematica has the inverse function of the factorial! It's called InverseFunction@Factorial. I used a pure (Mathematica for "anonymous") function that return …
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Narcissistic loop lengths

Jelly, 12 bytes I wonder if this is the same as caird's answer (it probably isn't, because the control flow here almost certainly can be simplified by anyone who actually knows Jelly, or perhaps even …
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Exponent of complex numbers

C# (.NET Core), 62 38 bytes a=>c=>System.Numerics.Complex.Pow(a,c) Try it online!
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N-Dimensional Cartesian Product

Retina, 54 39 32 bytes This took really long to write (as I tried to golf it too) (unsurprisingly, all the golfing ideas only appeared after I finally posted this). Takes input as a list of strings o …
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11 votes

Where to point a low-orbit ion cannon (asking for a friend)

Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 11 bytes Mathematica has a built-in for pointing ion cannons. In fact, as far as I know, it should support self-intersecting roofs. Takes input as a polygon. RandomPo …
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Integers in cosine

Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 25 bytes This uses a trick: Mathematica doesn't expand Sin[51819] into a proper number even when Max is called on a list of such things, and because of how Last works, …
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1 vote

Distance between two points on the Moon

Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 66 bytes Clearly the other Wolfram Language golfers only care about bytes. This program uses the beauty of Mathematica. GeoDistance@@Map[#~GeoPosition~Entity["Planeta …
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Archimedes's cattle problem

Sledgehammer, 67 66 26 bytes -40 bytes thanks to @GregMartin and I also no longer have any idea about how my answer works Completes in less than a few seconds! ⡇⣄⠀⠇⣺⠇⢞⡞⣵⣍⠪⢺⡇⠜⢂⡒⢃⠦⠲⣎⠇⠣⡔⢻⡦⠔ Mathematica …
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