s/their/they're On 1/28/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky / gmail.com> wrote: > Just for fun - hows this looking? I added the numeric expressions at > the end because my eyes were starting to pop out from reading the > toothpicks. Plus you can stick them back into eval() for testing. > Doesn't prove that their the shortest, but at least it proves the > calculations are correct. > > 500: ||||x|||||x|||||x||||| (19 toothpicks - 4*5*5*5) > 501: ||||x|||||x|||||x|||||+| (22 toothpicks - 4*5*5*5+1) > 502: ||||x|||||x|||||x|||||+|| (23 toothpicks - 4*5*5*5+2) > 503: ||||x|||||x|||||x|||||+||| (24 toothpicks - 4*5*5*5+3) > 504: |||x||||x||||||x||||||| (20 toothpicks - 3*4*6*7) > 505: |||x||||x||||||x|||||||+| (23 toothpicks - 3*4*6*7+1) > 506: |||x||||x|||||x|||||||+|||x||||x|||||||+|| (39 toothpicks - > 3*4*5*7+3*4*7+2) > 507: |||x||||x|||||x|||||||+|||x||||x|||||||+||| (40 toothpicks - > 3*4*5*7+3*4*7+3) > 508: |||x||||x|||||x|||||||+||||x||||x|||||+||x|||| (42 toothpicks - > 3*4*5*7+4*4*5+2*4) > 509: |||x||||x|||||x|||||||+||||x||||x|||||+|||x||| (42 toothpicks - > 3*4*5*7+4*4*5+3*3) > 510: ||||x||||x|||||x||||||+|||||x|||||| (32 toothpicks - 4*4*5*6+5*6) > > > > On 1/28/07, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct / gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok, I fixed 13, 26, and 34 (dumb mistakes on my part, I'd say)... > > > > Now all I have left is to figure out my 46.... > > > > Thanks. > > > > On 1/28/07, C Erler <erlercw / gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 10:22 pm, "Andrey Falko" <ma3ox... / gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 13: ||||||||||||| > > > > 26: |||||||||||||x|| > > > > 34: ||||x||||+|x|| > > > > > > 13 and 26 can be done with less. 34 is incorrect: 4 * 4 + 1 * 2 = 16 > > > + 2 = 18 (I assume it came from (4 * 4 + 1) * 2). > > > > > > > > > > > > > >