Suppose you have a supercomputer that can generate one billion Hamilton circuits per

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Suppose you have a supercomputer that can generate one billion Hamilton circuits per second. (a) Estimate (in years) how long it would take the supercomputer to generate all the Hamilton circuits in K21. (b) Estimate (in years) how long it would take the supercomputer to generate all the Hamilton circuits in K22

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QUESTION:

Suppose you have a supercomputer that can generate one billion Hamilton circuits per second. (a) Estimate (in years) how long it would take the supercomputer to generate all the Hamilton circuits in K21. (b) Estimate (in years) how long it would take the supercomputer to generate all the Hamilton circuits in K22

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The number of Hamilton circuits in , which is

Since the supercomputer can generate  Hamilton circuits per second, the time needed to generate 20! Hamilton circuits is

 

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