Labelling a Snow Flake Graph to Attain Minimum Sum
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Label the vertices (or nodes) of this graph with positive integers so that any two nodes are joined by a edge (or line) if and only if the corresponding integers have a common divisor greater than 1 (i.e. they are not relatively prime). Do so in such a way that the total sum of the 13 numbers is minimum.
mathematics computer-puzzle arithmetic
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Label the vertices (or nodes) of this graph with positive integers so that any two nodes are joined by a edge (or line) if and only if the corresponding integers have a common divisor greater than 1 (i.e. they are not relatively prime). Do so in such a way that the total sum of the 13 numbers is minimum.
mathematics computer-puzzle arithmetic
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
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– Hugh
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago
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Label the vertices (or nodes) of this graph with positive integers so that any two nodes are joined by a edge (or line) if and only if the corresponding integers have a common divisor greater than 1 (i.e. they are not relatively prime). Do so in such a way that the total sum of the 13 numbers is minimum.
mathematics computer-puzzle arithmetic
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Label the vertices (or nodes) of this graph with positive integers so that any two nodes are joined by a edge (or line) if and only if the corresponding integers have a common divisor greater than 1 (i.e. they are not relatively prime). Do so in such a way that the total sum of the 13 numbers is minimum.
mathematics computer-puzzle arithmetic
mathematics computer-puzzle arithmetic
edited 5 hours ago
Bernardo Recamán Santos
asked 5 hours ago
Bernardo Recamán SantosBernardo Recamán Santos
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
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– Hugh
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
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– Hugh
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
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– Hugh
5 hours ago
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
$endgroup$
– Hugh
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago
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I don't know how to write a formal proof, but here are some illustrations I hope can explain the case.
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct prime numbers. blue lines are lines that would need to be added. the two illustrations show two different cases.
! case 1
case 2:
!
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I believe that this task is...
impossible
I don't know how to write a formal proof, but here are some illustrations I hope can explain the case.
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct prime numbers. blue lines are lines that would need to be added. the two illustrations show two different cases.
! case 1
case 2:
!
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I believe that this task is...
impossible
I don't know how to write a formal proof, but here are some illustrations I hope can explain the case.
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct prime numbers. blue lines are lines that would need to be added. the two illustrations show two different cases.
! case 1
case 2:
!
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I believe that this task is...
impossible
I don't know how to write a formal proof, but here are some illustrations I hope can explain the case.
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct prime numbers. blue lines are lines that would need to be added. the two illustrations show two different cases.
! case 1
case 2:
!
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I believe that this task is...
impossible
I don't know how to write a formal proof, but here are some illustrations I hope can explain the case.
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct prime numbers. blue lines are lines that would need to be added. the two illustrations show two different cases.
! case 1
case 2:
!
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computer-puzzle? Hmm, maybe this is harder than I was expecting.
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– Hugh
5 hours ago
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must the numbers be distinct? thanks!
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– Omega Krypton
5 hours ago
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@Omega Kyrpton: By necessity!
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– Bernardo Recamán Santos
5 hours ago