Bunny schrijft: "Distributed.net gaat vanaf 14 februari een nieuwe uitdaging aan! Met z'n allen gaan we een paar geflipte mathematici helpen om zo weinig mogelijk streepjes op een lineaal te plaatsen. Eindelijk kunnen we wat doen met de in onze koe ingebouwde OGR-code 
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On Tuesday, Feb 15, 2000 at 06:00 UTC distributed.net will officially begin working on the search for the Optimal 24-mark Golomb Ruler. Clients and proxies that are capable of working on OGR are already available for most platforms. Download and install the latest clients today in preparation of the start of the contest. There is also a section in our FAQ-o-Matic regarding OGR as well.What is a golomb ruler anyway? In mathematics, the term "Golomb Ruler" refers to a set of non-negative integers such that no two distinct pairs of numbers from the set have the same difference. Conceptually, this is similar to a ruler constructed in such a way that no two pairs of marks measure the same distance. An Optimal Golomb Ruler (OGR) is the shortest Golomb Ruler possible for a given number of marks. However, finding (and proving) OGR's becomes exponentially more difficult as the number of marks increases, and it is for this reason that we have turned to the web for help in finding the OGR's with 24 and more marks.
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