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Article #259Re: um, maybe this is a silly question
From: Martyn Thomas Quigley
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:37
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:37
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bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes: > The original problem is to >compute n! and instead of getting CLOSER to the solution by computing (n-1)! >you get FARTHER AWAY by computing x*n! instead. This turns out to be helpful >but it's a total rabbit-from-hat. I've never been comfortable with this, but for a different reason. Children invariably start from 1 and work up, they simply do not start from n and work down. Ask them. Martyn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!att-out!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!quigley From: quigley@acs.ucalgary.ca (Martyn Thomas Quigley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.logo Subject: Re: um, maybe this is a silly question Message-ID: <92Oct14.033708.24102@acs.ucalgary.ca> Date: 14 Oct 92 03:37:08 GMT References: <1992Oct13.035329.19258@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <MAX.92Oct13121742@Kolmogorov.gac.edu> <1bf1qlINNgj5@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@acs.ucalgary.ca (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca