Hi,
I’d like clarification on two variants of 17.4:
-
Variant 3 constrains that
A[p] <= A[r] <= A[s]
. Buts
isn’t mentioned in the problem description. Onlyp
,q
, andr
are. Should the constraint beA[p] <= A[q] <= A[r]
? Variant 4 seems to suggest so, since it is similar to the variant 3 problem, but constrains thatA[p] <= A[q] <= A[r]
. -
If the Variant 3 and 4 constraints are
A[p] <= A[q] <= A[r]
, there may still be an issue with their problem statements. That’s because any order of 3 numbers can be rearranged to satisfy this constraint. But if so, doesn’t that make the constraint irrelevant?
Thanks!