[algogeeks] a puzzle

2010-05-08 Thread Afroz Mohiuddin
I have a set of n-dimensional vectors, lets say, v1, v2, v3, ... vm means the dot product of vi and vj. It is known that >= 0 forall i, j i.e. the angle between any two of them is less equal to 90 degrees, which basically means that all of them can be occupied in a single quadrant in the n

[algogeeks] A puzzle with 8 Millions pieces

2005-12-20 Thread Personne
I becoming crazy with this problem. In a nutshell, - I have 8 Millions pieces - I need only 10 to 48 pieces to solve this puzzle - Each piece are unique, and can be used only once - 48 pieces is max - 10 is a minimum but it can be rarely lower How can I solve this ? The problem is bigger than t