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    love to solve

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    Approved

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    :D

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    I can't believe this.
    A few days ago some lunatic almost bit my head off, because I had the audacity to submit a beta that was vaguely familiar to him (yes I'm talking to you, Wiltink), and here I am, solving Caesar cipher number 200 ...
    Reading the comments, this was already old four years ago.

    Alright then, bring them on. I'll continue with Sudoku-solver no.7, or cut my way through a jungle of Fibonacci's.

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    No negative number can be solution to this.
    abs(a-b) is non-negative, so c is positive (c>0).
    If a if negative:

    • if a ≥ b, then b is negative too, and abs(a-b) < c turns into a-b < c => 0 < c < a+b < 0 => False;
    • if a < b, then abs(a-b) < c => b-a < c < b+a; but with a < 0, b-a > b+a.
      So, our proposition of negative a leads to contradiction. And because a and b are symmetric in this expression, this also is true for negative b.
      Zeros are eliminated by using strict ineqaulities.
      Thus, only positive values of a,b and c conforms this expression.
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    You may not consider the negative cases