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| From | Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: A Problem To Solve :-) |
| Date | 2024-02-03 04:00 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <upl2ru$19kpu$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <uog01l$mi9n$1@solani.org> <17ac13c4ae353932$16712$1979536$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <uohk04$ndab$2@solani.org> <up4385$11vs3$1@solani.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 1/27/2024 5:22 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> Tusi right away gave him two other three-digit numbers that had exactly
> the same properties! One would lead to the month (like Farvardin = 1,
> Ordibehesht = 2, etc) and the other would lead to the day of the month
> corresponding to the daughter's birthday by the same rules Ghotbeddin
> had described a few minutes back. So the little personal party that
> Ghotbeddin / Physfit had imagined for himself that night was, so soon,
> over :)
Thus the story continues...
The two scientists got out and locked the gate and left.
That day, in the evening, a party was to hold in Holaku's Summer
residence not that far from Maragheh. And the two were both invited!
Ghotbeddin got home and hit the sack fast and early to wake up fully
rested before attending the party. He couldn't be contained inside his
own skin, when thinking about the prospect of seeing Holaku's daughter
again within that same day...
As he slowly drifted off into sleep he dreamed that wherever he was, he
was actually already in that party but had just noticed it! He didn't
get time to think how it happened and why he'd only now realized where
he'd been all this time. Holaku was sitting on a throne across the huge
room and some of the vazirs were here and there chatting. But he knew
that he had not yet seen the daughter, so he made himself sure he'll
stay until she shows up. Also, he knew that he and Holaku both were
waiting for Tusi to arrive, because Holaku had something to ask from him.
But there was no sign of Tusi. At his home, he had come up with an idea
which needed the use of some tables of numbers kept at the observatory,
and he had chosen to go to the observatory in the evening, not even to
Hulaku's party where he was invited!
So after some time, at some point Holaku signaled to have a talk with
Ghotbeddin. A servant and one of the vazirs immediately came over to
Ghotbeddin and together walked to where Holaku was sitting.
Holaku to Ghotbeddin:
"They tell me you are a very smart man to be in the observatory,
helping someone like Tusi. Do you think you are as smart as Tusi?"
Ghotbeddin made a faint smile and said:
"Your Majesty, I am not blessed with as much talent as God has
bestowed upon Your Majesty _or_ Tusi."
Holaku:
"I have a task for Tusi to accomplish, but in his absence I want you
to do it."
Ghotbeddin:
"Your Majesty's wish is my utmost desire."
Holaku:
"In each of my parties, a session is always included in which a
chessboard is placed on the floor, with no chess pieces on it. There is
a contest, and the winner is blindfolded and given two random chess
pieces of same color - but not any pawns - out of my pocket, to place
somewhere on the chessboard by the winner, in two of the squares. Then
the blindfold is removed and the winner will look at the chessboard and
counts the number of different moves he can make with the chess pieces
from the squares that they are in. The winner will get as many gold
coins from me as that count is. If I know in advance which two pieces
will be given to the winner, I need to know how many gold coins I should
bring with me to the party, so I could never find myself with not enough
coins to give to the winner, and never carry with me even one gold coin
that would never be needed to be given to the winner. Find how many
coins I should bring with me to the party."
Ghotbeddin:
"Your Majesty's wish will undoubtedly get fulfilled."
How many gold coins should Holaku Khan take with him to his parties?
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