@karthik but look at the prob part.. it seems ok 2 me.. it is random generator u cannot guarntee which number is going 2 come..
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Karthik Singaram Lakshmanan < karthiksinga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The rejection technique may never halt...(with an infinitesimally > small probability of course)... > > In the case of Dave's algorithm: > if the following random_1_to_5() keeps returning 5. > U1 = random_1_to_5(); > while( U1 == 5 ); > > In the case of Ankur's algorithm > if rand_5() keeps returning 2 or Random_bit() keeps returning 1 > > I do not have any solutions or hints to go on...but it seems like a > harder problem to find a solution with provably finite running time or > prove that one such solution cannot exist. > > - Karthik > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
