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- From: dherity@cs.tcd.ie (Herity D.)
- Subject: Re: The problem of Irish men
- Message-ID: <1992Oct15.111727.11840@cs.tcd.ie>
- Organization: Trinity College, Dublin (Computer Science)
- References: <1992Oct15.063757.4956@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 11:17:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct15.063757.4956@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kavuri@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
- >
- > Prove that there are at least two Irish men who shook
- > hands the same number of times with other Irish men.
- >
- I can construct a case where that assertion is false. I'm an Irish man, so I'm
- fortunate to have the opportunity for experimental verification :-).
-
- Let there be four Irish men, none of whom have shaken hands.
- The first man ignores the second and shakes hands with the third. He then
- shakes hands with the fourth twice. Then :
- The first man has shaken hands three times.
- The second has shaken hands zero times.
- The third has shaken hands one time.
- The fourth has shaken hands two times.
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- Best Regards
- Dominic Herity
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