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I have no idea why a bunch of people here keep saying these questions are good for recruiting 'mathematics scholars'. Fact: I am a mathematics graduate student and I would not be able to solve this problem. I hope there isn't a notion that people studying mathematics spend all their time solving Project Euler type questions.

In fact I would be thrilled if they are recruiting for math people. They are not. I have been in the job market for a while now and recruiters literally stop listening when they don't hear "CS" in the first sentence.