Polynomial evaluator
Implement a polynomial evaluator that computes the value of a polynomial given as a list of coefficients.
Sieve of Eratosthenes
Implement the Sieve of Eratosthenes to return a sorted list of all primes up to a given integer n.
Prime Factorization
Return a sorted list of prime factors of a positive integer, including repeated factors.
Dot Product of Vectors
Implement a function that returns the dot product of two numeric vectors.
Correlation Coefficient
Write a pure-Python function that computes the Pearson correlation coefficient between two lists of numbers.
Z score normalization
Compute the z-scores for a list of numbers using the population standard deviation.
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