Author: José Carlos
Date: 11:37:02 01/31/01
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On January 31, 2001 at 13:43:16, Larry Griffiths wrote: >On January 30, 2001 at 17:46:28, Severi Salminen wrote: > >>Hi! >> >>What is the definition of BF and how is it calculated (this has probably been >>discussed N times, but...)? Now I'm calculating like this: >> ______________________ >>BF=(DEPTH-1)|(Nodes/root_move_count) >> >>So it means (DEPTH-1)th root. >> >>Example (from Vincent's position): DEPTH=9 plies, Nodes=2'000'000 and we have 38 >>legal moves in root. >> ____________ >>BF=8|2'000'000/38 = 3.9 >> >>Could this be close to the truth? >> >>Severi > >This looks like an nth root of the 2000000/38. How would I code this in C++ to >get this 3.9 value? My math skill since high school has gone down tremendously. > >Larry. If I undestand you right, what you ask is this: nth root of a = a^(1/n) right? José C.
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