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Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2015 Intelligent systems 3 c ii Solution by
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True in some cases and false in others: the two numerical inequalities do not guarantee a solution.
For an unsatisfiable example satisfying both inequalities, take six variables, a constraint domain with five values, and , , with all-different constraints onAny pair of the six variables occurs together in at least one of these scopes: view the variables as the three pairs , and each scope as the union of two pairs. All six values must therefore be distinct. This is impossible with five available values, even though and .
For a satisfiable example with the same , take three disjoint groups of four variables and impose one all-different constraint on each group. Assign values separately in every group. All three constraints hold with .These examples concern the intended cases in which the antecedent holds; they do not rely on vacuous truth of an implication.
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