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Re: Matrix Formation

by Rhose (Priest)
on Jun 17, 2003 at 20:07 UTC ( [id://266627]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Matrix Formation

Ok, I ran out of time working on the "brute force" checking, but here is the shell of a program which should reduce the number of numbers which need to be checked to a small enough set. Sorry I could not complete the program (as it was actually starting to be fun. *Smiles*)

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use constant MATRIX_DIM => 3; # Set your matrix size here use constant MAX_NUM => (10 ** MATRIX_DIM) - 1; # Since you need to find 2 times the matrix width distinct numbers, yo +u cannot # have a divisor greater than the maximum number divided by that produ +ct. # # For example, a 3 x 3 matrix has a maximum number of 999. You need 6 +distinct # numbers to "solve" the matrix, so the maximum possible divisor would + be 166. # 166 would result in 166, 332, 498, 664, 830, and 996. # my $Divisor = int(MAX_NUM / (MATRIX_DIM * 2)); my @Num; my @Sol=(); sub CheckSolution { my $pNum=shift; my @Sol=(); # INCOMPLETE CODE # # Place code here which checks every combination of MATRIX_DIM numbe +rs as rows # and sees if there are MATRIX_DIM other numbers which can act as co +lumns. # # For example, for a 3 x 3 matrix, this code should go through each +combination # of three number (for rows) from the passed array and see if there +are three # other numbers which would work with the selected rows as columns. +This should # be a workable computation for all smaller matrix sizes. # return @Sol; } while ($Divisor >= 1) { @Num=(); foreach (1..int(MAX_NUM / $Divisor)) { next if (($Divisor * $_) < (MAX_NUM / 10)); #Skip numbers which be +gin with zero push @Num, ($Divisor * $_); } print 'Checking solution for divisor ',$Divisor,': ',join('-',@Num), +"\n"; @Sol=CheckSolution(\@Num); last if ($#Sol > -1); $Divisor--; } print "\n"; if ($#Sol > -1) { print 'Maximum divisor is ',$Divisor,', solution is ',join('-',@Sol) +,"\n"; } else { print 'No solution found...',"\n"; }

Update: I finished code which will work on any size matrix and posted it Here.

Please note: I use "work" in the loosest terms as solving the 4x4 took 1.5 hours on my notebook.

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Re: Re: Matrix Formation
by tall_man (Parson) on Jun 18, 2003 at 19:38 UTC
    Here is a possible implementation of CheckSolution (for 3x3 only -- generalization is possible but it is left as an exercise for the reader):
    sub CheckSolution { my $pNum = shift; my @Sol=(); # Do some easy pair checks first. my @digmap; foreach my $n (@$pNum) { my @digits = split //,$n; foreach (0..$#digits) { push @{$digmap[$_]->{$digits[$_]}},$n; } } # Two or more with same first digit. my $ref0 = $digmap[0]; my @lst0 = grep { scalar(@{$ref0->{$_}}) > 1 } keys %$ref0; return @Sol if (! scalar(@lst0)); # Two or more with same middle digit. my $ref1 = $digmap[1]; my @lst1 = grep { scalar(@{$ref1->{$_}}) > 1 } keys %$ref1; return @Sol if (! scalar(@lst1)); # Two or more with same last digit my $ref2 = $digmap[2]; my @lst2 = grep { scalar(@{$ref2->{$_}}) > 1 } keys %$ref2; return @Sol if (! scalar(@lst2)); #print "Passed pair test\n"; # Use these lists for candidates for the three row positions. my @uppers = map { @{$ref0->{$_}} } @lst0; my @centers = map { @{$ref1->{$_}} } @lst1; my @bottoms = map { @{$ref2->{$_}} } @lst2; my ($upper, $center, $bottom); my ($a, $b, $c, $d, $e, $f, $g, $h, $i); my ($adg, $beh, $cfi); # hash to simplify checking for duplicates. my %wholeset = map { $_ => 1 } @$pNum; my (%t1, %t2, %t3); foreach $upper (@uppers) { %t1 = %wholeset; $t1{$upper} = 0; foreach $center (@centers) { next if (! $t1{$center}); %t2 = %t1; $t2{$center} = 0; foreach $bottom (@bottoms) { next if (! $t2{$bottom}); %t3 = %t2; $t3{$bottom} = 0; ($a, $b, $c) = split //,$upper; ($d, $e, $f) = split //,$center; ($g, $h, $i) = split //,$bottom; $adg = $a . $d . $g; next if (! $t3{$adg}); $t3{$adg} = 0; $beh = $b . $e . $h; next if (! $t3{$beh}); $t3{$beh} = 0; $cfi = $c . $f . $i; next if (! $t3{$cfi}); # Solution found - return it. return ($upper, $center, $bottom); } # bottom } # center } #upper return @Sol; }
    I tried this and it found the 132-792-660 (divisor 44) case in about 4 seconds.

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