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== A question on GO ==
 
I translated GO to Rexx and the fonal"final" piece missing for understanding is this:
 
Why does this justify the removal of the pair p??
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// Excluded because P would have a unique product
continue pairs</pre>
--[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 19:59, 05 November 2016 (UTC)
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: I think I found the answer myself:-) If ANY of the decompositions of the given pair's sum had a unique product I couldn't be sure that P does NOT know. So all pairs resulting in the given sum could be eliminated not just the one at hand. (They will be later on or have already been...) --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 05:59, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 
== Java program inconsistent with others ==
It allows the sum to be equal to maximum value. The threshold for a second solution should be X+Y<1866, not 1865.
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