Problem 173. Minefield Sonar

Created by @bmtran (Bryant Tran)

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Michael Mellin on 24 Oct 2022

Took me way too many lines, its been awhile since I've used MATLAB lol

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Nikolaos Nikolaou on 1 Apr 2020

Nice dude :)

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bainhome on 21 May 2015

wasn't the smallest size,but the thought is outstanding!

obfish on 21 Aug 2019

wonderful

Jiawei Gong on 23 Feb 2020

Could you please explain about the triple matrices multiplication? It's intriguing.

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Aurelien Queffurust on 12 Jul 2012

wow wonderful solution!

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