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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:36:14 -0600
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> wrote:
> I'd agree with your interpretation. "Threads are straight lines and cannot
> intersect towers" - I read it such that the answer is the "convex hull" of
> the set of points given by the tower height. The convex hull can be computed
> for this 1D problem by initializing with
>  line segments between every point and repeatedly pulling up every
> non-convex piece, if I'm not mistaken.

I agree that seems the likely intention.  One also must assume that
the towers are evenly spaced and have point width, neither of which
are stated in the problem.