Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:04:15 11/11/98
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This is the message that I was referring to: Subject: Re: computer calculations of number of ways to play first 10-ply From: Steven J. Edwards E-mail: sje@mv.mv.com Message Number: 23209 Date: July 28, 1998 at 23:07:40 In Reply to: computer calculations of number of ways to play first 10-ply Message ID: 23147 Posted by: Neil Carlson At: neil_carlson@readersdigest.co.uk On: July 28, 1998 at 04:17:57 Here are the numbers for trajectory enumerations (distinct legal pathways) for the first few ply depth values: ply: 0 count: 1 ply: 1 count: 20 ply: 2 count: 400 ply: 3 count: 8902 ply: 4 count: 197281 ply: 5 count: 4865609 For ply=6, the number is a little under 120 million and for ply=7 it's about 3.1 billion. I haven't calculated ply=8 yet, but is should be just under 100 billion. -- Steven (sje@mv.mv.com) The subject indicates that the calculations were to be carried out to the 10th ply (Quite an astonishing feat, if it ever does come to pass!). I am interested in the numbers, but not enough to let my computer buzz away on such things for days on end. I rather hope that someone else has already done it for me.
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