[seqfan] Re: « King-walking » integers in a square box

[Dmitry Kamenetsky]

Frank is correct. Only square grids are allowed. In your example 0 is not
constructible, so you will receive a score of 0 for that grid. Feel free to
ask questions in the forum.

Cheers,
Dmitry 
 
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From: "Frank Buss" fb at frank-buss.de
To: "'Sequence Fanatics Discussion list'" seqfan at list.seqfan.eu
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:48:38 +0200
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>> New person here. I don't get it. Why cannot you submit a 4X4 grid
>> like:
>> 
>> 7777,
>> 7797,
>> 8777
> 
> This is a 4x3 grid. Only square grids are allowed.
> 
>> I don't believe you can anything that has a 98 in it. E.g, 98999999
>> 
>> is not constructable. 99999999 is. 77777777 is.
> 
> You don't need that much same digits, you can choose the same field
multiple
> times, see the examples in the description.
> 
>> Did I violate any grid construction rules? Maybe I misunderstood:
>> 
>> "...such that the smallest number that cannot be made is maximal"
> 
> If I understand the description correctly, with your example 0 is the
> smallest number that cannot be made, so maybe you'll get the last place by
> submitting something like this :-)
> 
> PS: The forum of the contest might be a better place to ask questions
about
> the contest.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> 
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