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Re: Solving the Eight Queens problem

by fergal (Chaplain)
on Dec 27, 2005 at 13:50 UTC ( [id://519324]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Solving the Eight Queens problem

A chess board is 8x8 and

2^8 - 1 ------- 8 - 1
is 255/7 = 36.4285714285... Take the first 8 digits and write the letters a..h beside them to get
a3, b6, c4, d2, e8, f5, g7, h1
this is a solution to the problem.

Update: added "explanation".

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