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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Solitaire games
- Message-ID: <a_rubin.715643993@dn66>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 21:59:53 GMT
- References: <Btyo5z.D8q@cs.psu.edu> <1992Sep3.125317.8741@cs.rulimburg.nl> <NICKH.92Sep4105837@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU> <26102@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
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- In <26102@dog.ee.lbl.gov> sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
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- >In article <NICKH.92Sep3143716@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU> nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes:
- >> I play a game with triplets of digits (such as one finds on 99% of
- >> British numberplates),
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- >This reminds me of the "annual puzzle" which appears each January in the
- >alumnus section of Technology Review, in a math/games column which appears
- >in each issue. (MIT grads get a special insert with class news, MIT
- >propaganda, etc.)
-
- >Problem: Construct all the numbers from 1 to 100 using all four digits
- >of the year (in our case: 1,9,9,2),preferably in order, by interposing
- >apropriate operators. For example,
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- >1 = 1**992
- >2 = 1**99 * 2
- >3 = 1**99 + 2
- >7 = (1**9)*9 - 2
- >16 = 1*(9+9) - 2
-
-
-
- >and so forth. If you've never tried it before, give it a whack. Warning:
- >the best solution does *not* include all 100 numbers in most (if not all) years.
-
- You might also look in the Mensa Bulletin for related puzzles.
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