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Steven Wang

Random nagging thought of the day - math nerdiness

So I just ate lunch and in one way or another a math problem came into my head and I can't solve the problem off the top of my head (although I think I should be able to - quite indicative of my mathematical deficiencies by now)

Somehow, my train of thought wandered into speed dating. (Oh cuz I think I just watched the 40-year-old Virgin recently). Let's say there are m males, f females in one speed dating session. Now to minimize the number of rounds you'd have to go through, it's clear that you just take the higher of the two numbers. (Just think of it in terms of a ring with the lower number of sexes stationary and the higher number going around in the ring...? ok whatever, not really relevent)

But then my perverted mind started envisioning a speed dating...with homosexuals. What would the optimal number of rounds be so that for n number of homosexuals every homosexual has a chance to meet every other homosexual but only once? (even with the occasional odd man/woman out, etc) And if so, how would the schedule for one homosexual look like in this session and how do we ensure that there are no conflicts of schedule(or interest lol)? Now if your mind was very quick on these combinatorics stuff you might already be wondering how this is different than the problem with the number of handshakes with n people. Well, it is, but the additional twist is that within one round, you can have as many pairings as possible (but you might get leftover pairs that've already met? I dont' know) You can also apply that restriction to handshake sessions but hey, I thought of homosexual speed dating first so too bad. It's more plausible anyways. :P

So yeah, I know the number of pairings in total would be n(n-1)/2 (or whatever the triangle number is, lol). But I'm not sure how the number of rounds would collapse depending on n. Also, what if you had m gays and f lesbians? How would the minimum number of rounds be defined as a function of (m, f) then? (with no pairings between gays and lesbians, of course)

If one of you math nerds could help me out, I'd really appreciate it :) Yes, I know. This is one of the most absurd math problems I've conjured up yet. But hey, that's what you get from terrible caf food with insufficient nutrients. :)

I am pleased to announce that I have started a playlist on my iTunes called 'Songs of Life'.

Clearly, I am quite impressed with the preliminary results.

Note to self:

Think what you want to think.

Do what you need to do.

- S. W.

Young people are a lot more conservative than they think.

It's just water...

Glass is half full, glass is half empty.

It's just water...

Ice burns into skin. steam numbs the senses.

It's just water...

Deep is shallow, shallow is deep. 

It's just water...

Thirst for redemption. Drowning in reanimation.

It's just water...

Drink, drink. Piss, piss.

yay. I can now write my blog from my email. So I can dish out emo faster.  ^^

feeling useless - it's such a strange yet refreshing feeling.

this has been the first time in a long while since I was the member of a group that fucks up everyone else and someone else had to fix things up for me. for the longest time ever, the person fixing up people's fuck ups was...me. Staying up overnight, correcting 3 different people's work because their crap was retarded. Nope, not complaining or anything. but it's definitely funny how that mental motto has ingrained itself into me - I was so surprised how little I wanted people to help me, because I was gonna get seriously fucked up tonight had my group actually let me guilt trip myself into taking on the 3000 word report due today at 4. So...yeah, 3 people saved my ass today. And no, they're not Lisa-like individuals....just normal people with a normal sense of responsbility. Nothing too remarkable. The finished work atm is not that remarkable either...but it's this sudden dissipation of responsibility that's so....great. The lesson to me here is beyond words. Yet I can definitely feel the impact.

i'm the liability. 1st quite embarassing, then quite funny, finally quite exhilarating.conclusion? i love commerce kids. ^^

what, were you expecting something emo from the 1st line of this post? haha.

I don't fucking know.

I never fucking knew.

I will never know.

But that's a good thing. Why? Because things I don't understand always tend to be more beautiful.

This has been your much delayed tidbit of Steven emo-ness. Somewhat.