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in reply to •Re: Puzzle: need a more general algorithm
in thread Puzzle: need a more general algorithm

Counter example:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 1 3 4 5 1 3 4 5 1 3 4 5 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 4 5 4 5 4 5 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 4 5 4 5 4 5 ...

That's twelve tries and there are more still.

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Re: Re: •Re: Puzzle: need a more general algorithm
by dws (Chancellor) on Jul 08, 2002 at 21:27 UTC
    That's twelve tries and there are more still.

    No, there are only 10. Your attempt at a counter example violates the requirement that "The categories must remain in order".

      My apologies. I misread that requirement entirely.