factoring in "inverse" results in sets?

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SirMetro — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:42:22 GMT

If I understand your question correctly, what I think you are asking for is this.Assume there are 39 balls and one of the picks is 13, but number 26 falls. The Inverse of 13 would be 26 (39 minus 13 equals 26).Therefore, devise your sort as such that whatever the sort falls, it displays the intended number and in an adjacent column, simply subtract that value from 39 (or the total number of balls you are using). This is the simpliest approach I know of to acheive the objective I think you are as... [ More ]

factoring in "inverse" results in sets?

mabman — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:48:21 GMT

I don't have any post-high school advanced math training/education, and I'm struggling to accurately describe the problem, so I'm hoping someone here has some ideas, can point me in the right direction, or at least help me quantify the problem a bit more :)The problem in a nutshell I've got is: is there a general mathematical way to account for a pool of X numbers taken from a sorted set of more than X numbers, where sometimes the X numbers are taken from the start of the set, but sometimes from... [ More ]