26 Aug
2020
26 Aug
'20
10:40 a.m.
this is a classic example of the Pigeonhole Principle… I used it as an example in my book.
On Aug 26, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler2@gmail.com> wrote:
Voted fourth (11%) was “Same Sum Subsets”: "Amy asks Brad to pick ten different numbers between 1 and 100, and to write them down secretly on a piece of paper. She now tells him she's willing to bet $100 to $1 that his numbers contain two nonempty disjoint subsets with the same sum! Is she nuts?"
Cris Moore moore@santafe.edu