Project Euler #113: Non-bouncy numbers

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    I arrived at the formula (k+9)C9+(k+10)C10 - 10*k - 2 non bouncy numbers less than 10^k using pen and paper. (combinatorics)

    Also number of increasing and decreasing non bouncy numbers won't be the same, some people might make that mistake.

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      Indeed, it may help to understand Rota's famous 12-fold way of counting functions N⟶X.

      For the second sentence, I agree and my further hint is to count a space " " as a digit higher than 9 when counting the decreasing sequences recursively. For example, "10" is a decreasing 2-digit number but padding a leading zero "010" switches it to bouncy, whereas padding it with a high-valued leading space makes it " 10", thus retaining it as decreasing.

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    Seriously, putting two times the same number... just so you know for the ones that come after.

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    Terminated due to timeout What does this mean???

    Input (stdin) 3 3 5 10

    Your Output (stdout) 474 4953

    Expected Output 474 4953 277032

    Compiler Message

    Terminated due to timeout

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    Can it be solved using digit dp? Means states will be like: dp[N][last]=summation(dp[N-1][i]) for all i>=last for increasing? I tried this but its counting lesser no of increasing and decreasing numbers. Can anyone explain whats wrong?

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    By the definitions given, the number 4444 is trivially both increasing and decreasing and thus not bouncy, correct?