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Multilingual Hedge Fund - Combinatorics Puzzle
- thedudemabry 14y agoI'm drawing a computer-sciencey blank on how to construct a proof (I should really browse through some old textbooks.) But intuitively, the first part of the constraint (the second is redundant) says that each employee must speak a language that each other employee does not. Taken for all employees, that constraint requires one unique language per employee. 70
- mikhailfranco 14y agoEach hedgie speaks 4 out of 8 possible languages. Giving 8 C 4 = 8!/4!4! = 70 distinct possibilities. Mik
- thedudemabry 14y agoWhoops! Nice work!