I'm a highly qualified mathematician, AMA

[Maxwell.]

https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=294722.0

i solved it eventually however

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[gr8dayseth]

i solved it eventually however

wow inspiring this is how i like my calculators to be

[Shift Kitty]

saw an interesting problem last night

if there are 25 ducks, and you can only race 5 ducks at a time, how many races do you need to see which 3 ducks are the fastest?
each race will only tell you their relative speeds (ie ducky 3 was the slowest, but ducky 4 was the second fastest)

25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.
9 ducks.
race 2 times, eliminating 2 from the first race, and then including the 3rd place of the first race into the second race, then eliminating the two slowest from that.
5 ducks.
Race them.

11 races

[Electrk.]

25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.
9 ducks.
race 2 times, eliminating 2 from the first race, and then including the 3rd place of the first race into the second race, then eliminating the two slowest from that.
5 ducks.
Race them.

11 races

no he already solved it 1 race

[Shift Kitty]

no he already solved it 1 race

its literally the same answer but with only half the 1s

[Maxwell.]

its literally the same answer but with only half the 1s

that's because I don't waste my numbers how dare you

[IkeTheGeneric]

me + maxwell = good friends

solve that problem genius

[Maxwell.]

me + maxwell = good friends

solve that problem genius

gonna solve this up right now

[randomtroll39]

thats it maxwell, in 2 years im going to take your crown as highly qualified forum mathematician

[Ipquarx]

ipquarx id love to hear ur take on it since i suck at math

well heres the thing

i have no loving clue what the paper says or if it's legit because i'm not versed in theoretical computer science
we just have to wait for peer review to make a decision on it. It's not too fantastically long either, which should help that process. (Unlike the peer review process for the ABC conjecture, which is still in the process because the proof is a series of 4 papers totaling well over 500 pages of extremely dense pure mathetmatics)

[gr8dayseth]

i have no loving clue what the paper says

i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

[Drydess]

i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

i bet he could

[Maxwell.]

i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

yos

[phflack]

25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.
9 ducks.
race 2 times, eliminating 2 from the first race, and then including the 3rd place of the first race into the second race, then eliminating the two slowest from that.
5 ducks.
Race them.

11 races

it does solve it faster than most others, as eating 22 ducks takes a while, and racing them is so much easier

25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.

good idea, but instead of racing 3 times, you can race the fastest of each of the 5 groups against eachother
the 2 that lose can have their whole group eliminated
and you also find the fastest of the fastest

[Conan]

but that still doesnt handle the case the top 3 are in the first group

whats the 7th race?