> > In HW1 question 5, the way I've modelled the problem, > > legal sets can only contain integers between 1 and N. > > Data set 6 is listed as a legal set, but includes > > several 13's, where N=12. Can I treat set 6 as an > > illegal set? If not how would you visualize this > > rectangle {1,5,9,13} inscribed in a circle of 12 > > points?
Good point. Best way to deal with it is probably: as soon as your program sees a number greater than N in one of the given sets, it can conclude that the input is illegal. So, I would say it's all right to treat this as "bad" input. Hans