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#26 2012-08-31 07:00:53
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It may simply have run out of time ... I know it took a while on my PC.
Try a slightly smaller one and see if it works
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#27 2012-08-31 07:50:14
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Hi MIF
It works for a,a,b,c,d. But, functioning for inputs smaller than 10 input characters isn't very practical. Maybe you can use some other method for calculating their number (using e.g. a script written in a mathematical package).
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#28 2012-08-31 08:07:14
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Hi MIF;
It may simply have run out of time ... I know it took a while on my PC.
Yes, it takes some time on mine too. It seems to be working fine for smaller ones.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#29 2012-08-31 08:10:39
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What input did you take, bobbym?
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#30 2012-08-31 08:12:55
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Hi;
Where?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#31 2012-08-31 08:18:21
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bobbym wrote:
Yes, it takes some time on mine too.
What did you enter as an input (which letters) that gave the slow output?
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“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#32 2012-08-31 08:22:35
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Hi;
Post #17.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#33 2012-08-31 08:31:36
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"m,a,t,h,e,m,a,t,i,c,s"? I get the results pretty fast for that one.
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#34 2012-08-31 08:33:20
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Hi anonimnystefy;
What settings and what answer did you get?
I use:
11
5
Yes
No
see the first drawing in post #17.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#35 2012-08-31 11:12:51
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11
5
No
No
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#36 2012-08-31 14:01:55
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Hi;
That is not the same problem.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#37 2012-08-31 17:41:48
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The calculations are done on your own PC, so results may vary.
And so it is hard for me to write a program that will finish within the "timeout" that is imposed by Flash.
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#38 2012-08-31 17:49:14
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Hi MathsIsFun;
No problem. It works for the smaller problems that I have tried on it so far.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#39 2012-08-31 22:07:19
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Hi bobbym
You are right. It takes much more time and it comes out empty.
Hi MIF
I would suggest that for very large output (more than 10^7 possibilities), you do not show the whole output, just the number of possibilities.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#40 2012-08-31 23:21:53
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Hi;
10^7 is a little bit too large. The above problem only has 13000 permutations. Maybe 10^5 is better.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#41 2012-08-31 23:29:27
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Either way, it should skip the printing when the number is large.
How did you calculate the number of the possible combinations?
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#42 2012-08-31 23:31:46
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I didn't. I counted the number of permutations.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#43 2012-08-31 23:39:15
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What permutations?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#44 2012-08-31 23:41:29
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The problem in post #17 is a permutation.
As you were taught, you try not to work on a problem that you do not already know the answer to. Remember back engineering? You work from the answer to the question, filling in the details.
Normally to do that I would have just counted them up first. But here MIF already does that with his program so you should use what to get the answer?
GF's of course!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#45 2012-09-01 00:13:54
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When you choose a number of objects out of a larger set of objects, those can be only combinations or variations, not permutations.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#46 2012-09-01 00:19:49
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Did you look at post #17? When order counts we are talking about a permutation.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#47 2012-09-01 00:23:03
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No, when order counts, it is a variation.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#48 2012-09-01 00:30:34
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Hi;
http://www.askamathematician.com/2010/0 … nt-matter/
You will notice that in this exact type of problem he calls it an arrangement or permutation.
Anyways, it is calculated in the same way.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#49 2012-09-01 00:33:55
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Just because he calls it that, doesn't mean it should be called that way.
I can't seem to calculate those using GFs.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#50 2012-09-01 00:39:35
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutatio … binatorics
Post #17 is similar to a mississippi problem, which is definitely a permutation.
I can't seem to calculate those using GFs.
Well of course you can not if you call it a variation. There are ogf's for combinations and egf's for permutations.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
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