Re: On Game Space Size

[Antti Huima <huima@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Dave Dyer wrote:

> I fail to see the point of trying to count the illegal positions. 
> It's clear that the number is vanishingly small compared to the
> total.  What more do we need to know? 3^361 is a good enough estimate
> for any practical purpose.

For large boards the usefulness of the results is indeed limited. The
issue arose originally in the context of very small boards (3 x 3, 4 x 4
...) for which the factors can be decisive.

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Antti Huima
SSH Communications Security Oy