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Sudoku math puzzle / proof (vanity)
None ^ | Aug 29, 2006 | self

Posted on 08/29/2006 9:17:38 AM PDT by taxcontrol

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To: JRios1968

Wouldnt want to do it in MASM.... that is for sure.


41 posted on 08/29/2006 10:24:08 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Try it in FORTRAN...c'monnnnn, I dare ya!


42 posted on 08/29/2006 10:25:25 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: JRios1968

FORTRAN is easy.

COBOL is easy.

Assembler is HARD! Well not all that hard but a huge pain in the neck to code in .


43 posted on 08/29/2006 10:29:41 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I wonder if anyone here can do it in original BASIC...


44 posted on 08/29/2006 10:31:55 AM PDT by JRios1968 (This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
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To: JRios1968

Why not just code it in malbolge?

heh

http://www.lscheffer.com/malbolge.shtml


45 posted on 08/29/2006 10:36:02 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: restornu

God, I love those knives.


46 posted on 08/29/2006 10:37:31 AM PDT by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: JRios1968

Or better yet... Brainf***

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/

yes it is a programming language.


47 posted on 08/29/2006 10:39:47 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

bttt


48 posted on 08/29/2006 10:40:08 AM PDT by paradoxical
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse; Quilla

I've forced many a cork into the bottle.

But not to remove a coin I must confess . . .


49 posted on 08/29/2006 10:56:40 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - OK?)
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To: freedomlover

As have I (hic).

Here's another one:

How would you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Please note, there is only one correct answer.


50 posted on 08/29/2006 11:03:45 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: ShadowDancer

I do too I have the Wolfgang Puck signiture set
http://www.hsn.com/cnt/prod/default.aspx?pfid=542317&club_id=542317&sz=5&sf=QC0051&rdr=1&cm_mmc=ShoppingEngine*BizRate*qc0051*542317


51 posted on 08/29/2006 11:05:09 AM PDT by restornu (Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: We do not take counsel from our fears.)
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To: Quilla

You did rearrange them unless I missed something.


52 posted on 08/29/2006 11:06:24 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - OK?)
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To: freedomlover
The letters used in 'new door' can be rearranged to write'one word'.
(cheated by googleing it)
53 posted on 08/29/2006 11:12:32 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: freedomlover
You're good!

What word in the English language is made up of only two letters, each used three times?

54 posted on 08/29/2006 11:13:50 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla

Deeded

(sigh)


55 posted on 08/29/2006 11:17:23 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - OK?)
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To: freedomlover; LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Are you that good or googling likethatcheatinglittlemidget? ;-)


56 posted on 08/29/2006 11:21:43 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla

Honestly I saw through the first one and remembered the second.

I'm not that clever.


57 posted on 08/29/2006 11:23:05 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - OK?)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Looks about right.


58 posted on 08/29/2006 11:25:27 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (Why isn't anyone talking about the kidnapped soldiers anymore?)
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To: Quilla

What is the longest word in the dictionary?







Wait for it









Answer :




Smiles

(there is a mile between the two S's)


WOOPWOOPWOOPWOOP


59 posted on 08/29/2006 11:31:06 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - OK?)
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To: taxcontrol
Good example for the answer of False. Now... any idea of how to put this in math terms as a proof? I had a slightly different variation on what you provided as an example. I just cant seem to get this into a proof. It's like, I can SEE that a circle is round, I just don't know how to prove that a circle is round.

I think you need to look at what each cell on the diagonal also influences. If the top right is a one, then none of the top row or the far right column can have a 1, nor can the top box. Think of Sudoku as being nine boxes, each of those with nine cells.

The diagonals will occupy three cells in each of box 1, 3, 7 and 9, 5 cells in the middle box and no cells in boxes 2, 4, 6, and 8.

The middle box will have five unique numbers on the diagonals. None of the numbers can be the same, because a sudoku box can't have a duplicate.

In the four corner boxes, we have three numbers each. Each box cannot have a duplicate number. Furthermore, each cell in the corner box is on the same column as a cell in another corner box and a row in another corner box.

There are not enough constraints to force a duplicate in the diagonal. I don't know how to express this in a mathematical proof, but it if you assign each cell a variable, and cell 1 <> cell 2 <> cell 3 maybe you could approach it that way.

60 posted on 08/29/2006 11:32:40 AM PDT by Koblenz (Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
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