Lower bounds on the Münchhausen problem
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چکیده
“The Baron’s omni-sequence”, B(n), first defined by Khovanova and Lewis (2011), is a sequence that gives for each n the minimum number of weighings on balance scales that can verify the correct labeling of n identically-looking coins with distinct integer weights between 1 gram and n grams. A trivial lower bound on B(n) is log3 n, and it has been shown that B(n) is log3 n + O(log log n). In this paper we give a first nontrivial lower bound to the Münchhausen problem, showing that there is an infinite number of n values for which B(n) 6= ⌈log3 n⌉. Furthermore, we show that if N(k) is the number of n values for which k = ⌈log3 n⌉ and B(n) 6= k, then N(k) is an unbounded function of k.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Australasian J. Combinatorics
دوره 59 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014