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#26 2013-03-26 16:35:14
Re: The subset dilemma
On second thoughts.... I doubt it 
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#27 2013-03-26 23:00:22
- anonimnystefy
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Re: The subset dilemma
Why is that?
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#28 2013-03-26 23:03:22
Re: The subset dilemma
Suppose it is some other number, say 12
Now for all sets whose sum is >=12 their compliments sum is <12
Therefore there are as many sets which sum more than or equal to 12 as the sets which sum less than 12
So....????
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#29 2013-03-26 23:07:50
- anonimnystefy
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Re: The subset dilemma
No. If it is >=12, the complement's element sum is less than 55-12=43.
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#30 2013-03-26 23:44:52
Re: The subset dilemma
Oh! Got it!
And if it wasn't half then how would you do the problem?
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#31 2013-03-26 23:54:43
- anonimnystefy
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Re: The subset dilemma
Hm, try entering this into Maxima:
f(x):=ratexpand(product(1+x^i,i,1,10));
sum(coeff(f(x),x^i),i,12,55);Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#32 2013-03-27 00:10:07
Re: The subset dilemma
Is it a gf?
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#33 2013-03-27 00:13:54
- anonimnystefy
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Re: The subset dilemma
Yes it is.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#34 2013-03-27 00:16:20
Re: The subset dilemma
How dos it work?
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