Matthew Bolyard

Last seen: Today | Active since 2025

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Rocket Scientist, MS Aerospace Engineering (UT 2023)

Programming Languages:
Python, MATLAB, Fortran
Spoken Languages:
English
Professional Interests:
Signal Processing, Vibration Analysis, Spacecraft Simulation, Aerospace Engineering

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7 segment LED display
Given a whole number, output how many segments would be lit up to display it on a 7 segment LED display (see Wikipedia: http://e...

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Resistance of a robot
What is the resistance of an industrial robot that draws P watts of power when connected to a power supply delivering V volts? R...

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Coefficient of Static friction
The coefficient of static friction between two surfaces is u. What force must be used to move a W lb. crate on a horizontal sur...

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The Top 5 Primes
This problem series invites you to solve two simple problems related to the integer NUMBER FIVE, in order to celebrate <https://...

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Find best placement for ordered dominoes (harder)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Resistance in a circuit
Two resistors with values of 6.0 ohms and 12 ohms are connected in parallel. This combination is connected in series with a 4 o...

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Calculate the acceleration of a crate
What is the acceleration of a crate if two robots apply F1 N and F2 N of force respectively and a frictional force of FR N acts ...

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The cake is a lie...
You're hosting a birthday party with a large number of screaming children. Fortunately, you have a gigantic sheet cake in front...

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Breaking Out of the Matrix
Do you want to take the Red Pill, or the Blue Pill? If you take the Blue Pill, you will simply pass along to the next problem...

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Rotate and display numbered tile
Imagine a square tile with four numbers on it, one on each edge. We will call these edges north, east, south, and west. If th...

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Missing five
Convert decimal numbers to a base-9 notation missing the digit *5* <<http://www.alfnie.com/software/missing5.jpg>> Too man...

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Linear Motion 3
Suppose a robot is moving in a straight line and steadily increases its speed. It moves from v1 ft/s to v1+2 ft/s in the first ...

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Are you in or are you out?
Given vertices specified by the vectors xv and yv, and a single point specified by the numbers X and Y, return "true" if the poi...

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Find perfect placement of non-rotating dominoes (easier)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Linear Motion 7
A robot has a maximum rate of acceleration of a m/s2. If the robot starts from rest and reaches a velocity of v2 m/s. How far ha...

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The Tower of Hanoi
In the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi Tower of Hanoi problem> with 3 rods (1, 2 & 3), the goal is to move a tower ...

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Vector pop
Take |n| elements from the end of the vector |v| and return both the shorten vector |v| and the |n| elements in a separate vecto...

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Vector push
Append an element |x| to the end of the vector |v| and return both the extended vector and the new number of its elements. |x| c...

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Generate a random matrix A of (1,-1)
Input n: is an positive integer which serves as the dimension of the matrix A; Output: A=(Aij),where each entry Aij is either...

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Product of Each Column
Given a matrix |mat| with |n| columns, return a row vector |v| of length |n|, where every element in |v| is the product of the |...

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Find the average of a random sequance
Write a function that generates random integers within a loop, and calculates the mean of the positive numbers only. At each ...

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I Plead the Fifth
Write a function to provide a yes or no answer to the input string. However, it must plead the 5th amendment (return an empty st...

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5 Prime Numbers
Your function will be given lower and upper integer bounds. Your task is to return a vector containing the first five prime numb...

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What is the distance from point P(x,y) to the line Ax + By + C = 0?
Given a point, P(x,y), find the distance from this point to a linear line. INPUTS: x, y, A, B, C OUTPUTS: d, the distance ...

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Stuff the Board
You have a stack of tiles to put onto an array-like playing board. Each tile has a number (always an integer), and the board var...

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Are all the three given point in the same line?
In this problem the input is the coordinate of the three points in a XY plane? P1(X1,Y1) P2(X2,Y2) P3(X3,Y3) how can...

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Selecting books on MATLAB for experts and beginners (blindfolded)
* Imagine you have been blindfolded and asked to pick up any two books randomly from the table. * There are n books suitable f...

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Find Index of maximum Value and maximum Value of a vector
Find the Index of the first occurrence of the maximum value in a vector and also the maximum value in the vector. Example: [...

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Generate a string like abbcccddddeeeee
This is the string version of Problem 1035. <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1035-generate-a-vector-like-1-...

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Number of odd and even elements within matrix
Input(m) - any matrix with integers Output(n) - n(1)=number of odd elements, n(2)=number of even elements Example: * m=...

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