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Following the formula for part 1 was straightforward enough, but finding the pattern for part 2 and deducing the shortcut formula took me a while. That first 0 1 propagate enough that by the time we get halfway through applying the formula, it's all 0s and 1s, so sort of like an addition with a mask on what numbers we're adding.

Also, fun fact: changing the numberSet from an array of ints (my initial implementation) to an array of int8's (what's here now) reduced the memory footprint of the application substantially (from something like 50mb to closer to 8).

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