tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241254853273428596.post8557147923466520156..comments2009-12-31T17:46:02.675-05:00Shtiklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241254853273428596.post-61329356977256425252009-12-31T17:46:02.675-05:002009-12-31T17:46:02.675-05:00We see from this wonderful analysis that the Torah was makpid that there should be equal representation on the side of the curses and the side of the blessings, presumably to demonstate that we have freewill to choose. However, there is still a problem here, because there is one more person on the side of the curses, and we go after the majority! But that is precisely why this nearly ideal arrangement of the tribes placed them so that the extra one was not on the side of the blessings, because the rule is that we go after the good even when there is a majority of only one, but to go after the bad we need a majority of two. So effectively there is no majority here! Amazing!Moshe - editor www.shlomokluger.comhttp://www.shlomokluger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241254853273428596.post-45000613341112541852009-09-07T03:30:44.874-04:002009-09-07T03:30:44.874-04:00Fascinating. Unfortunately it looks like we can&#39;t read the Tradition articles without paying for them. I guess I can try to find them in a shul or library somewhere.<br /><br />I suspect they would mention NP-completeness somewhere in the article, as this seems to be an example of the bin-packing problem, one of the standard examples of NP-complete problems.3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375http://www.blogger.com/profile/12059887722695403992noreply@blogger.com