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Challenge: The Staircase Problem

Explore how to determine the number of ways to climb a staircase with varying jump lengths using top-down dynamic programming. Learn to write a naive recursive method and then apply memoization to optimize runtime efficiency for large inputs.

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Problem statement

Nick is standing next to a staircase that leads to his apartment. The staircase has n total steps; Nick knows he can climb anywhere between 1 and m steps in one jump. He thinks about how many ways there are to climb this staircase. He realizes it is a big number since there are a lot of possible ...