On 24/07/16 20:58, Danny Yoo wrote: > Please: I strongly encourage you to talk with your professor or study > group: it really does sound like this is the first time you've seen these > kinds of concepts.
I agree with Danny, you should talk to your teacher. I suspect the teacher may have set the problem without appreciating the full extent of the complexity involved. It certainly doesn't seem like you are properly equipped to solve it. Maybe he/she can provide a simpler subset of problem. Of course this assumes you have a teacher to ask? Your original post doesn't state where you found the problem, it may be you just picked it up on a web site or book and have unwittingly bitten off more than you are ready to chew just now? It also depends a bit on whether the intent is to learn about Python programming or about algorithms. If its the latter then you might just want to ask on a different (math based) forum. But if its Python you are interested in then find an easier problem for now. Otherwise you will lose sight of the Python problem in trying to solve the math one. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
