01-02-2006, 07:20 AM
And also... one other thing...
They come up with a strategy beforehand.... of what Bob should reply given a set of 4 cards. Now it's really simple.
Here's the puzzle again in those terms:
Entity C randomly picks 5 cards from a deck of cards. Each card in the deck is unique. Entity C gives these cards to Entity A. Entity A shows 4 of these cards in any order to Entity B. The order of the cards and the identity of each card is the only information Entity B receives after the cards are shown.
Entity A and Entity B can share any information before Entity C picks these cards.
Create an algorithm such that, given these 4 cards, entity B can identify the fifth card.
They come up with a strategy beforehand.... of what Bob should reply given a set of 4 cards. Now it's really simple.
Here's the puzzle again in those terms:
Entity C randomly picks 5 cards from a deck of cards. Each card in the deck is unique. Entity C gives these cards to Entity A. Entity A shows 4 of these cards in any order to Entity B. The order of the cards and the identity of each card is the only information Entity B receives after the cards are shown.
Entity A and Entity B can share any information before Entity C picks these cards.
Create an algorithm such that, given these 4 cards, entity B can identify the fifth card.
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