Abstract
The puzzle about opening the safe having 10 switches, each of which can be put in three settings, is discussed. There are exactly 310 possible combinations of switch settings. The problem is of opening the safe in as few trials as possible given the setting of two switches.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 108 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Scientific American |
Volume | 288 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General