- Is there a finite or an infinite number of solutions to this problem?
Yes.
- What are the possible values for DFP.
Depends on the size and extent of the floating icepack which in turn depends on the time of year.
- If there is an infinite number of solutions what restriction(s) do you need to place on the problem to yeild a finite set such that there would be a sufficient population of bears to physically test the problem space say before the expiry of the Unix epoch?
A high tolorence to mindless experiments. Oh, and vegetarianism if I am to survive it:)
Examine what is said, not who speaks.
1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible
3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke.