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The following coin-weighing problem is considered: suppose among the given n coins there are two counterfeit coins, which are either heavier or lighter than other n-2 good coins, this is not known beforehand. The aim is to find an optimal algorithm which identifies these two counterfeit coins using as few weighings as possible. It is proved that the minimal number of weighings is either equal to the...
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