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Eternity II
Eternity II
Its a puzzle with a 2M$ prize to the first solver. There's a smaller demo version on the site. |
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Re: Eternity II
Couldnt a computer solve this relatively quickly? Or are there too many combinations?
Seems a brute force edge matcher would work decently. |
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I solved the 4*4 demo so I could post it if someones interested.
Well the main puzzle is significantly harder. It would take hundreds of years to solve it with brute force with todays best computers... |
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Re: Eternity II
got it 4:10, i think i got lucky though.
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4x4 was 2:15 i think for me.
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2:54
This has to be a computing power thing... |
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Re: Eternity II
Interesting...
There's 256 pieces, which can be arranged in 256 factorial ways. That's a huge number - my windows calculator shows it's 8.6x10^506. It's actually a bit smaller because the corner and edge pieces can only be placed certain way. But then again, all pieces can be rotated. I think the formula for 256 pieces that can be rotated 4 ways that do NOT have borders and corners is 4^256 x 256! = 10^661 or so. That number of combinations is, of course, impossible to compute. |
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Re: Eternity II
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2:54 This has to be a computing power thing... [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Eternity II
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It would take many universe life times to solve it with brute force with todays best computers.. [/ QUOTE ] FYP |
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