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• Maybe there isn't an ambiguity ... (Score:1)

  by depesz (7751)

  i don't really think there is ambiguity. i got 3 different sets of numbers, but all of them have the same min/max numbers.
  
  you can check my code at: http://www.depesz.com/ovid.pl [depesz.com]
  
  of course i could have made mistake, but the numbers "look" right to me.
  • Re:Maybe there isn't an ambiguity ... (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709) on 2008.06.08 14:01 (#63230) Homepage Journal

    I get the same sets of numbers, but what does "six integers" mean in this context?

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    • Re: (Score:1)

      by depesz (7751)

      i think this is just an mistake on the side of new scientist.
    • Re: six integers (Score:1)

      by mauzo (8185)

      You have three three-digit numbers, and their reverses. That makes six by my counting...
      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Ovid (2709)

        You have five three-digit numbers. One for 7, one for 11, but three for 9. If there was only one result for each of the three (which is what I was initially expecting), then six would make sense.
        • Re: (Score:1)

          by depesz (7751)

          I think this mistake doesn't really matter.
          
          The request was:
          
          "What are the smallest and largest of your six integers?"
          
          even it we'll change it to "10 integers" the answer stays the same. i.e. the numbers i got for div/9 are neither min nor max.