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Subject: Re: Board games and mathematical complexity: a poll

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:32:37 12/12/02

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On December 11, 2002 at 13:50:33, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On December 11, 2002 at 12:34:21, Bruce Cleaver wrote:
>
>>On December 11, 2002 at 12:00:12, Edward Seid wrote:
>>
>>>Please rank the following games in order of mathematical (programming)
>>>complexity.  Also, if you can, provide a degree of magnitude to quantify your
>>>ranking.
>>>
>>>Western Chess
>>>Shogi
>>>Go
>>>Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
>>>Othello
>>>
>>>Also, feel free to add any other games I didn't include.
>>
>>mathworld.wolfram.com has estimates of the # of legal positions for these games.
>> Go is far and away the winner (10^170).  Western Chess has about 10^43, and
>>checkers maybe 10^21.  Dunno about shogi.
>
>You talk about branching factor here. that has nothing to do with
>how complex it is to beat the other programs.
>
>That was not the question.


Here is the question:

=====================quote on=============================
Please rank the following games in order of mathematical (programming)
complexity.  Also, if you can, provide a degree of magnitude to quantify your
ranking.
=====================quote off=============================

Why do _you_ try to change the question?  It was asked clearly enough, with the
"mathematical" reference.

That's what _most_ have been answering.  You are off in another world answering
something that wasn't even asked...



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