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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem

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xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem

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Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3125/

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    4 months ago

    I’d expect something around ~200 for n=9 and ~400 for n=10, but I imagine this is too big to be brute forced by raw computing

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      4 months ago

      Some lower bounds have been established: https://oeis.org/A099155

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