So I’d missed the 2-moves restriction, too. That significantly reduces the possible number of states!
Cheers, Mike Sent from my iPad > On 23 Jan 2022, at 19:10, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM 'Michael Day' via Programming > <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: >> Then I noticed: NB. I MISSED THIS POINT!!!!! > >> NB. Once an amphipod stops moving in the hallway, it will stay in >> NB. that spot until it can move into a room. (That is, once any >> NB. amphipod starts moving, any other amphipods currently in the >> NB. hallway are locked in place and will not move again until they >> NB. can move fully into a room.) > > (I redid the 'NB.'s to distinguish between Michael Day's text and AoC text.) > > Be careful here: a key phrase is "until they can move fully into a room". > > Basically this is a restatement of the constraint that amphipods > cannot move through each other, and a statement that each amphipod > only moves twice. > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
