“DeepSeek Operator” How did DeepSeek and I solve the problem of generating 29 pentacubes

Abstract

Solving programming problems “together with DeepSeek” is what we call the creative process, which consists in solving a problem step by step, checking all the auxiliary programs generated by DeepSeek, at least on some tests each. At the same time, the result of such joint work, according to the author of this paper, turns out to be very good: and first of all, this result is manifested in a significant reduction in the development time of the final program. The author of the article calls this role “DeepSeek operator”. A specific complex problem (of the level of complex student laboratory work) is described, which consists in creating a program for generating all 29 pentacubes. Of course, it is not the result that matters here (it has been known for a long time), or the resulting program (it is complicated, of course, but an experienced programmer does it from scratch in a few hours); it is the process of creating it with the help of an AI assistant who takes on all the long and “uninteresting” subproblems that arise during the creation of the program. The paper describes the process of creating this program, presented as a developer’s dialogue with an AI assistant (DeepSeek). Moreover, the design of this dialogue in the form of a blank article was entrusted to the same DeepSeek, but, of course, it was finalized by the author.