August 7th, 2003, 01:34 AM
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Re: Math problem
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Originally posted by cybersol:
I have verified the following solution by Erax for 9 players. LGM, why do you think it does not work and why does your program fail to find it?
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I suspect his program is hitting a point where it can't find a valid remaining set and is then deciding that number n has no solution. Whil ein fact as we showed earlier sometimes you can get stuck down a "blind-alley" where there is a solution for n, but not for every possible set of 3. Like what happened to Bbgemont. To completely rule out a possible solution it would have to back track when it reaches these end points and change an earlier set and rework from that point. Sounds complicated. 
Geoschmo
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