--- "F. Xavier Noria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see that point in the rules as a particular case of the fact that > partial orders are not total. Given this input > > a b > c d > e e > > what would be considered as valid outputs?
6 permutations of abcd are possible (..xx, .xx., .x.x both ways), 5 places where e can go. => 30 in total abcde acbde acdbe cadbe cabde cdabe abced acbed acdeb cadeb cabed cdaeb abecd acebd acedb caedb caebd cdeab aebcd aecbd aecdb ceadb ceabd cedab eabcd eacbd eacdb ecadb ecabd ecdab Modulo typos. Phil ===== -- "One cannot delete the Web browser from KDE without losing the ability to manage files on the user's own hard disk." - Prof. Stuart E Madnick, MIT. So called "expert" witness for Microsoft. 2002/05/02 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
