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Re: Solving the Eight Queens problem

by fergal (Chaplain)
on Dec 27, 2005 at 08:50 UTC ( [id://519324]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Solving the Eight Queens problem

A chess board is 8x8 and 

2^8 - 1
-------
 8 - 1

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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

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this is a solution to the problem.

Update: added "explanation".

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