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I can't see an "about" section. I assume that this is a Project Euler alternative, and that solutions should be arrived at as the output of a computer program, proof unnecessary (as opposed to, say a math contest, where no computer assistance is permitted)?

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Yes, that is exactly what it is. I'll create an 'about' section soon. Thanks :)

EDIT: http://erdos.sdslabs.co/about

Problems should be arrived at by computer? Some of these are very much non-computational, at least from a mathematician's point of view. For example http://erdos.sdslabs.co/problems/45 for which the answer is immediate if you understand the dynamics of irrational rotations.

Not necessarily, like you rightly pointed out. Some require computation. while others can be worked out by hand.

And technically this is the case for Project Euler as well, they even discuss it explicitly.

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