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The obvious flaw with this solution is that players are segregated into blocks. The method is fair as long as players draw from one pool with all entries mixed AND that the draw occurs fairly, in the presence of all players, or failing that, that the location and time of draw be published beforehand with a fair chance for all to attend. Both NMB tournaments (2011 in Utrecht) and the 2014 WRC used this method, however they both had flaws in their implementation. | The obvious flaw with this solution is that players are segregated into blocks. The method is fair as long as players draw from one pool with all entries mixed AND that the draw occurs fairly, in the presence of all players, or failing that, that the location and time of draw be published beforehand with a fair chance for all to attend. Both NMB tournaments (2011 in Utrecht) and the 2014 WRC used this method, however they both had flaws in their implementation. | ||
The general formula is that table t consists of players [t, t + n/4, t + 2n/4, t + 3n/4] in hanchan 1, and for future hanchan h, tables consist of [t, ((t + 1*h) % n/4) + n/4, ((t + 2*h) % n/4) + 2n/4, ((t + 3*h) % n/4) + 3n/4]. Its usefulness can be demonstrated as soon as there are 44 or more participants, and preferably not a multiple of 6. | The general formula is that table t consists of players [t, t + n/4, t + 2n/4, t + 3n/4] in hanchan 1, and for future hanchan h, tables consist of [t, ((t + 1*h) % n/4) + n/4, ((t + 2*h) % n/4) + 2n/4, ((t + 3*h) % n/4) + 3n/4]. Its usefulness can be demonstrated as soon as there are 44 or more participants, and preferably not a multiple of 6. Heavily composite numbers of players will lead to collisions when {...} | ||
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[http://www.mathpuzzle.com/MAA/54-Golf%20Tournaments/mathgames_08_14_07.html Mathpuzzle.com] has a few non-Dutch solutions for the "Social Golfer Problem".<br /> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Players !! | ! Players !! Method !! Dutch !! Social Golfer !! Comment | ||
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| 16 (4*4) || SG || || 5 || ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP, <br />AEIM BFJN CGKO DHLP, <br />AFKP BELO CHIN DGJM, <br />AGLN BHKM CEJP DFIO, <br />AHJO BGIP CFLM DEKN. | |||
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| | | 20 (5*4) || Both || 5 || 5 || ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP QRST, <br />AEIM BFJQ CGNR DKOS HLPT, <br />AFOT BELR CIPS DGJM HKNQ, <br />AJPR BHMS CEKT DFIN GLOQ, <br />ALNS BGIT CHJO DEPQ FKMR. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 24 (6*4) || SG || || 7 || ABKU IJSE QRCM DGFX HLNO PTVW, <br />ACLV IKTF QSDN EHGR BMOP JUWX, <br />ADMW ILUG QTEO FBHS CJNP KRVX, <br />AENX IMVH QUFP GCBT DJKO LRSW, <br />AFOR INWB QVGJ HDCU EKLP MSTX, <br />AEPS IOXC QWHK BEDV FJLM NRTU, <br />AHJT IPRD QXBL CFEW GKMN OSUV. | ||
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| | | 28 (7*4) || SG || || 9 || ABCD EFGH IJKL MNab cdef ghij klmn, <br />AEgk BFMc Ndhl GIem HJai CKbn DLfj, <br />AFjn BEae bfim HKcl GLMh CINk DJdg, <br />AIci BJNn EKMj FLdm begl CGaf DHhk, <br />AGbd BHgm ELNi achn FKfk CJej DIMl, <br />AKeh BLbk FIag EJfl Ncjm CHMd DGin, <br />AHNf BGjl FJbh Meik EIdn CLcg DKam, <br />ALal BKdi GJck Mfgn HIbj CEhm DFNe, <br />AJMm BIfh CFil DEbc GKNg HLen adjk. | ||
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| | | 32 (8*4) || SG || || 10 || ABCD EFGH IJKL MNPO abcd efgh ijkl mnop, <br />AEIm BgcH DFKp kPdf Maei ChbG jNoL lJnO, <br />Alof Bhkm DNGi FaLO MbHK CPeJ Ejcp gIdn, <br />AciL BjdK DkbJ FgoP fGOp CIla EhMn NeHm, <br />AgNK BElP DIoH hdiO beLp Cjfm FMcJ kaGn, <br />AhJp BFin DcmO INbf leGK CMod EgkL jPaH, <br />AFde BoGJ DEaf hlNc PiKm CHLn gjbO IkMp, <br />APbn BNap DglM koce fHiJ CEKO FhIj dGLm, <br />AjMG BIeO DhPL gaJm cfKn CFkN Eobi ldHp, <br />AkHO BMfL Djen Flbm IPcG Cgip ENdJ hoaK. | ||
|- style="background:#ccf" | |- style="background:#ccf" | ||
| 40 (10*4) || | | 40 (10*4) || Unkn. || 5/6ND || || | ||
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| 44 (11*4) || Dutch || 11 || || | |||
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| | | 52 (13*4) || Dutch || 13 || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 68 (17*4) || Dutch || 17 || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 76 (19*4) || Dutch || 19 || || | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== League play blocks === | === League play blocks === |
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