Re: Convert funcion
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- Subject: [mg88340] Re: Convert funcion
- From: "Jean-Marc Gulliet" <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 03:43:27 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Johum S <johums at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello Jean-Marc, > > Yes, I am try to solve the Latin Square Puzzle problem, therefore I need > this function. Do you know how to implement this function?. > > > Johum S. > > Since you seem to have taken your "example" from the documentation of > the Imtek`ExactCover` function, available at > > http://www.imtek.de/simulation//mathematica/IMSweb/imsTOC/Game%20Theory/ExactCoverDocu.html > > it is not clear why you would not use it as it is? Dis you try it? Did > you face any difficulty or get any erroneous results? What would you do > with such a function? Perhaps solving the Latin Square Puzzle or the > Height Queens Puzzle? I do not know (and I do not bother to know) how to write such a function since the function has already been implemented (nicely) in the IMS (IMTEK Mathematica Supplement) package, which is an *open source* package. *Open source* means that the source code is available free of charge. Therefore, if I were you, I would download the IMS package, install it on my machine, then I would play around with the function *ExactCover* to get acquainted with it (the documentation have some examples about Latin squares) and I would look at its code (which is provided with package) if I wish. The IMS main web page contains links to the download area as well as directions to install the package. http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/ Regards, -- Jean-Marc