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- From: jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu (Jon Marlan)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Chess Problem
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.222402.14408@nmt.edu>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 22:24:02 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nmt.1992Sep12.222402.14408
- Sender: jmarlan@nmt.edu (Jonathan Marlan)
- Organization: New Mexico Tech
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- In article <BuGA8t.DL8@cmptrc.lonestar.org> carter@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Carter Bennett) writes:
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- > FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR EXTRA CREDIT:
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- > Determine the odds for doing the same with eight bishops! ;-)
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- I'll give this one a try.
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- Let B(i) = # of available "safe" places for i'th bishop
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- B(1) = 64
- B(2) = 64-8 = 56
- B(3) = B(2)-8 = 48
- B(4) = B(3)-7 = 41
- B(5) = B(4)-7 = 34
- B(6) = B(5)-6 = 28
- B(7) = B(6)-6 = 22
- B(8) = B(7)-5 = 17
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- Let b(i) = # of available places for i'th bishop
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- b(1) = 64
- b(2) = 63
- b(3) = 62
- b(4) = 61
- b(5) = 60
- b(6) = 59
- b(7) = 58
- b(8) = 57
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- B(1)*B(2)*B(3)*B(4)*B(5)*B(6)*B(7)*B(8)
- P = ---------------------------------------
- b(1)*b(2)*b(3)*b(4)*b(5)*b(6)*b(7)*b(8)
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- 64*56*48*41*34*28*22*17
- P = -----------------------
- 64*63*62*61*60*59*58*57
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- P = .0141
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- Jon
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- Jon Marlan
- jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu
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- P.S. Anybody want to play a game of chess via e-mail?
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