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| From | Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough |
| Date | Tue, 17 May 2016 18:15:36 +0100 |
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On 17/05/16 15:43, Stefan Ram wrote: > Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> writes: >> how many strings of length L are possible from > ... >> a set of characters S of cardinality C > > If an alphabet has C members, there are C^L words of length > L over it, because for every word position, there are C choices, > and the choices of positions multiply as one can easily see. > > For example, an octet of bit memory cells has java.lang.Math.pow > ( 2, 8 ) possible states. A UHD screen with 24 bits of color can > show java.math.BigInteger.valueOf( 2<<23 ).pow( 7680 * 4320 ) > different pictures. hmm That last one was too easy for you guys obviously :-) So what if I said how many *sets* of cardinality C are there in a set S of cardinality SC Example so where C = 8 then "ABCDEFGH" is good but "AABCDEFG" isn't Idaho -- Duncan Idaho !(ghola mentat)
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Mathematics, Java, good enough Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> - 2016-05-17 11:49 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 04:55 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2016-05-17 12:56 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2016-05-17 13:06 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> - 2016-05-17 13:29 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 09:54 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 07:17 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 07:29 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 10:58 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> - 2016-05-17 18:10 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 14:02 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 14:10 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 11:36 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 16:12 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 13:56 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-17 14:13 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> - 2016-05-18 05:06 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 08:25 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-05-17 12:24 +0000
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Duncan Idaho <duncan@dunenoemail.com> - 2016-05-17 18:15 +0100
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-05-17 13:33 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 14:09 -0400
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-17 14:17 -0700
Re: Mathematics, Java, good enough Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-05-17 17:49 -0400
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