[Retros] "half" proof games

[oliver sick]

Hi 

Noam Elkies schrieb am 24.02.04 04:58:14:


>Two further questions:



> 1) What move generating routines do you use for your investigation?



> 2) Have you tried to adapt your methods to "one-sided proof games" --

> White series from either the opening array (16+16) or only White's men

> (16+0)?


to F.Labelle,

I am also highly interested in your investigation. 

In my opinion there is a principal question in the 'truth' of your numerical statements. 
If we see your counting results as mathematical results (and they are of mathematical 
nature), then we need a base to check the truth of the statements. And as far as I can 
see this can only be done by writing an own program and rechecking the results or 
by checking and testing your source code. Do you intend to publish it? Or did I miss 
the point and it is actually published to some other people currently checking it ??

Don't missunderstand this remark, your efforts are phantastic, but it would be 
nicer to have a 'public truth' .... In fact this is an old problem and as far as I know it
was a big issue in the  proof  of the four-color theorem.

Greetings
Oliver