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- Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:55 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Arithmetic puzzle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5852
Re: Arithmetic puzzle
Thank you (n^2)/d(n!) is equal to pi(n) when n goes to infinity (where pi(n) is the counting function of primes) Is there any interpretation of this "equality"? My last post because I wanted to point out to this. Good luck and good bye! To the moderator : No one asked me about clarificatio...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:24 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
Post closed.
Good bye and good luck!
I`m not welcomed so bother?
Good bye and good luck!
I`m not welcomed so bother?
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:06 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Arithmetic puzzle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5852
Arithmetic puzzle
22!=1124000727777607680000
The number 22! is a 22 digit number
11240
00727
77760
76800
00
Find a number n such as n! is n^2 digit number
More generally find n such as n! is n^k digit number (k>2)
The number 22! is a 22 digit number
11240
00727
77760
76800
00
Find a number n such as n! is n^2 digit number
More generally find n such as n! is n^k digit number (k>2)
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:53 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
Can we build an algorithm showing quickly that a configuration has or has not solution? I mean without giving that solution.
Test of puzzle`s solvability if you wish.
Test of puzzle`s solvability if you wish.
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:40 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
If no one has a solution I will post mine in the next days.
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:19 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
This puzzle could be a 2 player game Nim-like. A print and play game using pencils and a printed board. The grid 9x9 or 3nx3n start empty. On his turn a player choose three vertices to form a DISTINCT isosceles triangle and put on each circle his symbol (* versus x for example). Player alternate. Th...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:41 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
The right to progress is to ask for clarity before trying to solve the puzzle. So good luck! It is a hard puzzle. Jaap you are right for the first comment. My examples were not giving triangles other than right. I answered quickly because I had in mind many pictures I did not post. I assumed that pe...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 11:16 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
samples.gif In this picture you have 3 different shapes. You could list more than those 3. Each color represent a shape. Draw a grid 9x9 with intersections instead of circles and try to imagine all kind of isosceles triangles linking 3 vertex. After doing that try place the maximal number of distin...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:57 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
I will add there there are many shapes that you could as long as they use isosceles triangles. The circles are just a representation of points. You could reduce them to points if you want so then you will see all the possible distinct shapes. Good luck! It is hard puzzle harder than you could imagine.
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:45 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
Read what was written in the picture : "At right you have samples of isosceles triangles connecting three circles" Is there any precision about right triangle or not? no. So triangles could be right or not. Just watch carefully my examples : you have right triangles and not right triangles...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:15 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Re: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
It is obvious that each triangle remove only 3 circles. Otherwise it will be simple.
Why I showed three colors for each triangle?
So you have theoretically 81/3=27 as maximal number of shapes. But the reachable maximal number is far less.
Your solution is not correct.
Why I showed three colors for each triangle?
So you have theoretically 81/3=27 as maximal number of shapes. But the reachable maximal number is far less.
Your solution is not correct.
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:18 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5367
Isosceles triangles and circles : puzzle connection
2 goals :
- connect all the 81 circles
- use the maximal number of distinct isosceles triangle shapes
The board of 81 circles is at left waiting for you to fill it.
Good luck!
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:41 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Puzzle : find the rules
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3136
Re: Puzzle : find the rules
Players move by swapping their stones (their color versus the opponent`s color).
The main hurdle is to avoid cycles.
The main hurdle is to avoid cycles.
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:35 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Puzzle : find the rules
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3136
Puzzle : find the rules
This is the 2 game player at the set up.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:40 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Connection game : Fertility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3838
Re: Connection game : Fertility
I've had another realization. Take a look at this configuration of pieces (M is male, F is female, O is offspring, and x is an opponent's piece of some kind): M x x x O O x F O x O F x O O x M x x If you are forced to make two paths, one of the offspring has to be excluded. However, if you are allo...
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:30 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
Here is the solution of my first puzzle 8x8 given in my first post :
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:26 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
Here is the solution the puzzle 4x4 with the configuration
AABB
AABB
CCDD
CCDD
AABB
AABB
CCDD
CCDD
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:27 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
This configuration 4x4
AABB
AABB
CCDD
CCDD
has a solution
Until now I did not find 4x4 without solution.
Maybe someone could help by giving a 4x4 without solution
This configuration 8x8
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
has not solution
AABB
AABB
CCDD
CCDD
has a solution
Until now I did not find 4x4 without solution.
Maybe someone could help by giving a 4x4 without solution
This configuration 8x8
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
CCCCDDDD
has not solution
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:41 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
There is a way to solve this 8x8 in particular. If you break the board 8x8 into 4 boards 4x4 you will find easily the solution. It is not a general method to find at least one solution. I still think that there is some method or algorithm to solve any 8x8 board quickly. I will post the solution if n...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:45 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Connection game : Fertility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3838
Re: Connection game : Fertility
For this game it must be played in a board 2nx2n to avoid giving a slight advantage to the blue player. As we talk about families and fertility an idea came to my mind : introducing neutral pieces ("orphans"). So any player could make path using them and as possible consequence disrupting ...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:36 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
In board 4x4 once we find one solution we could generate 2^8 solutions minus 1 (255 solutions) by switching the colors. We assume that the links (straight lines)remain as they are. So there is a way (messy for sure) to compute at least (in terms of percentage) the number of solutions out of 4^16. To...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:11 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
What are invariants no matter the board size : - 4 colors (blue, red, yellow, green) - 4 lengths (1,r(2),r(5),r(10). Easy to compute the number needed. Number of straight lines used is equal. In case 4x4 thi number is equal to 2. In case 8x8, this number is equal to 8. - linking all the circles 2 by...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:13 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
Ah ok. Now I understand what you were talking about. Intersections between the links (straight lines) does not matter at all. What is important is that all circles be connected by pairs : one straight line linking 2 circles. Player must use 8 straight lines of each length. 8*2*4=64 circles. Now we n...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:12 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
You wrote : "Are the rules just straight lines only between different colors..." That is the first rule : straight line between 2 different colors. That means that it is not allowed to link circles having the same color. " and the number of intersections each line has? It looks like t...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
Here are the 2 boards with circles. I replaced the colors by letters (4 colors 4 letters the choice was arbitrary so B is not blue for example) As you can see the links then there is no problem. Good luck! A B C C D A D C A B A B D C B D D C B D B D C A A C A D C A D C C D B A D B A B B D C D A C C ...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:52 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
Re: New kind of puzzle
I can do it for you if it just come to the colors inside the circles (It will take me 30 minutes) but how could I replace the links (in yellow) between circles? After rethinking I believe that it will hard to guess the rules. So if no one find the rules (which is part of the puzzle) then I will post...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: New kind of puzzle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6043
New kind of puzzle
This is a new kind of puzzle
You have only one picture and you need to decrypt it to solve.
No comment about the rules. It is up to you to guess them
Good luck!
You have only one picture and you need to decrypt it to solve.
No comment about the rules. It is up to you to guess them
Good luck!
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:05 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Connection game : Fertility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3838
Re: Connection game : Fertility
It is up to the player to optimize his score by making the best choice under the constraints of the rules. A player could use only one pair if he is able to connect all his off-springs. No player is forced to use all his 3 pairs. Sometimes even the choice of the order of counting is important. Assum...
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:39 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Connection game : Fertility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3838
Re: Connection game : Fertility
The statement is correct. I could not write it with this wonderful clarity. In the counting process a player must indicate the path from a chosen male (or female) to chosen female (or male) by removing the off-springs. So an off-spring can not be used twice. He belongs to one family not two or more....
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:05 am UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: Connection game : Fertility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3838
Connection game : Fertility
This new game is based on the idea of fertility. Each player has 3 kind of pieces : - males (3) - females (3) - off-springs (the number will depend on the size of the board) Each player has pieces of the same color (blue versus red for example) Hex Board : 11x11 Blue (or red) has then 3 males, 3 fem...