Thomas comments on A puzzle - Less Wrong

-6 Post author: Thomas 14 April 2012 06:55AM

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Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 03:28:52PM *  -1 points [-]

Prove it, since your answer is correct, as far as I know.

Can you answer for the case of the two sets of pieces? Black and white, 32 of them. Again the color does not matter.

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 05:10:46PM 1 point [-]

No, I'll leave it to you for now.

For two sets, the answer is 118.

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 05:14:30PM 1 point [-]

119.

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 05:43:35PM 1 point [-]

According to my proof, more than 128-10 is impossible. Are you sure?

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 06:01:56PM *  4 points [-]

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 07:02:58PM 0 points [-]

Thanks! Clever trick with a rook and two bishops to reduce the length of the top boundary, I missed it.

Cebbs fxrgpu sbe n fvatyr frg: svefg, pbafvqre gjb xavtugf naq n xvat. Rnfl gb frr gurl unir ng yrnfg 4 serr pbaarpgvbaf, ab znggre ubj bgure cvrprf ner cynprq. Gura pbafvqre gur gbc obhaqnel (=cvrprf jvgu ng yrnfg bar serr hcjneq ovfubc-zbir naq ng yrnfg bar serr ebbx-zbir). Gur gbc obhaqnel pna'g or yrff guna 6 cvrprf, rnpu jvgu ng yrnfg bar serr pbaarpgvba, naq ng yrnfg bar bs gur obhaqnel cvrprf unf abguvat va gur ebjf nobir vg, fb vg unf ng yrnfg gjb serr pbaarpgvbaf. Nygbtrgure 64-(4+6+1)=53.

Comment author: TrE 14 April 2012 08:55:09PM 0 points [-]

Can you give a position for 53 'bounds'?

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 09:12:49PM 1 point [-]
Comment author: ArisKatsaris 14 April 2012 10:00:55PM *  -1 points [-]

Then the clarification mentioned in a comment:

"the 16 white pieces" can be mixed colors, doesn't matter.

is false, because by turning the pawn of the second row, and the first pawn of the third row into black pieces, we go up to 55 connections from 53.

Comment author: Thomas 15 April 2012 09:31:44AM 0 points [-]

Makes no sense to me what you said. Can you please clarify?

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 09:16:30PM 0 points [-]

What about the three sets? And four?

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 10:56:18PM 0 points [-]

Cool! Using the bishops trick, any N-sets for N>2 reduce to N*64 - 8