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Ended up with 'empathise'

Nine letters: EMPATHISE Eight letters: Seven letters: Six letters: Five letters: Four letters: Three letters: Two letters: One letter: I did find another path from the same six-letter word ...
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Minimum function optimization puzzle #4: Using negative numbers?

It can be done in
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Minimum function optimization puzzle #3: 3 functions

A short program in R confirms @DanielMathias answer. You can try the code here. The code in text: (not showing correctly because of characters '<' and '>') ...
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Minimum function optimization puzzle #3: 3 functions

The minimum number of steps is With the sequence My approach: work backwards from the goal. The final step must be Apply the inverse of h(x) repeatedly and look for values that are near a square. ...
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A Hidato, but with no given numbers?

First off, Next, Finally,
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Minimum function optimization puzzle #2

We can reuse the strategy from the previous question.
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Minimum function optimization puzzle #2

This is going to take more words than I would like.
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Is my solution to a mathematics puzzle I created the most efficient solution there is to it?

Let's see what an optimal path would look like. For starters,
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A Hidato, but with a complex twist!

Solution: Step by step: 1: 2: 3:
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