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Old August 6th, 2003, 07:13 PM
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Default Re: Math problem

The number of matches you need is n!
where n! = 1*2*3*4*...*(n-1)*(n)
and is called factorial and can be used to determine the numbers of permutations of n tokens.

In a 3 players match where anyone is playing a role only once is 3! (1*2*3 = 6)

Empirical solution:
123
213
312
321
132
231

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