Re: computer-go: Data Mining and Rulebase for GO

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:29 PM 11/9/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> I would like to ask if some one already did the following and what are the
> results:
> 1. Represent each point on GO board as 0 (blank), 1 (white), or 2 (black),
> thus the board can be expressed as a large number (>=0, and <= 3^360).
yes, there are a few:

dc
3 361 ^ p
17408965065903192790718823807056436794660272495026354119482811870680\
10516761846498411627928898871493861209698881632078061375498718135509\
3129514803369660572893075468180597603

> ...
> The above approach should not require a large programming resources.
size does matter. you are going to wait a *very* long time for your 
computer to do anything this many times.

hth

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