On Jan 21, 1:07 am, Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 20, 5:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ever since I learnt to program I've always loved writing solvers for > > the Countdown numbers game problem in different languages > > Ok so here's a challenge I just thought of: > > What is (or are) the set of 6 starting numbers which are such that the > smallest target they can't reach is maximal?
Update: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 25 can reach any target between 100 and 999. The question remains if we lift the upper limit of 999... Time to really go to bed :) -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
