« Last post by kslates on February 25, 2025, 01:21:53 PM »
I am having a euchre party Saturday with 11 couples, but one person does not play euchre. So is it possible to have a 21 person rotation where everyone plays with everyone and against everyone if possible. So I would need 20 rounds. Thanks!
« Last post by Ian Wakeling on February 22, 2025, 12:13:45 AM »
The more venues there are, the easier things get. With 6 venues you can have: (H A) (---) (F G) (B C) (---) (D E) (---) (H B) (---) (F E) (D G) (A C) (E G) (D F) (H C) (---) (A B) (---) (---) (A E) (---) (H D) (F C) (B G) (F B) (C G) (D A) (---) (H E) (---) (D C) (---) (B E) (A G) (---) (H F)
which leaves the following 4 pairings to be played in the final round. (A F) (B D) (C E) (G H)
If you have 7 venues, then there is the Room Square.
« Last post by Innesw20 on February 21, 2025, 05:43:10 PM »
Afraid not - it does need to be partitioned: a team at a venue at most once in rounds 1-4 and at most once in rounds 4-7.
I imagine it would look something like this, if it can work for 5 venues (rounds in rows, venues in cols): ( ) (1 x) (x x) (x x) (x x) (x x) (x x) ( ) (x x) (1 x) (x x) ( ) (1 x) (x x) (x x) (1 x) (x x) (x x) (x x) ( ) (x x) (x x) (1 x) ( ) (x x) (x x) ( ) (x x) (x x) (1 x) ( ) (x x) (x x) (1 x) (x x) Ideally each team should play on each venue at least once in the competition, but that may be asking too much.
« Last post by Innesw20 on February 20, 2025, 05:58:32 AM »
In the game of lawn bowls, if there are only 8 teams in a competition there would frequently be more rinks available (the standard green has eight) than are required to play each round (4).
The mathematicians have shown that there does not exist a PBTD for 8 teams and 4 venues.
I was wondering whether a PBTB-equivalent for 8 teams could be constructed where the number of venues is 5 instead of 4? If not, would 6 venues allow it? Or is it just not mathematically possible? This is essentially easing the restriction on the number of venues that applies in the standard definition of PBTDs.
« Last post by bartdev on February 17, 2025, 06:52:47 AM »
Thanks Ian, That worked a treat. I did look at that schedule but couldn't get my head around the changes required. Many thanks, chatgpt - 0 metaAl - 0 Ian Winner Appreciate your time and effort, Regards, Bart