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diff --git a/challenge-023/adam-russell/blog.txt b/challenge-023/adam-russell/blog.txt
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+https://adamcrussell.livejournal.com/7762.html
diff --git a/challenge-023/adam-russell/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-023/adam-russell/perl5/ch-1.pl
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+##
+# Create a script that prints nth order forward difference series.
+##
+sub forward_difference{
+    my($order, $numbers) = @_;
+    if(!$order || @{$numbers} == 1){
+        return $numbers;
+    } 
+    else{
+        my $reduced = [];
+        my $previous = $numbers->[0];
+        for(my $i = 1; $i < @{$numbers}; $i++){
+            push @{$reduced}, $numbers->[$i] - $previous;
+            $previous = $numbers->[$i]; 
+        }  
+        forward_difference($order - 1, $reduced);  
+    }  
+    
+} 
+
+
+MAIN:{
+    my $order = $ARGV[0];
+    my @numbers = @ARGV[1 .. (@ARGV - 1)];
+    my $reduced = forward_difference($order, \@numbers);  
+    print join(", ", @{$reduced}) . "\n"; 
+}
diff --git a/challenge-023/adam-russell/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-023/adam-russell/perl5/ch-2.pl
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+##
+# Create a script that prints Prime Decomposition of a given number. 
+##
+sub prime_factor{
+    my $x = shift(@_); 
+    my @factors;    
+    for (my $y = 2; $y <= $x; $y++){
+        next if $x % $y;
+        $x /= $y;
+        push @factors, $y;
+        redo;
+    }
+    return @factors;  
+}
+
+MAIN:{
+    my $n = $ARGV[0]; 
+    print join(", ", prime_factor($n)) . "\n"; 
+}