• Combinatorially analyze Set (the card game)

• Write a solver in Rust (just the logic, save computer vision for next blog)

The Rules of Set

Encoding Set

Rust structs, enums

Mathematical Properties of Set

Total number of triplets: \(\binom{81}{3} = \frac{81\times 80 \times 79}{3\times 2}=85320\) Total number of Sets: \(\frac{1}{3}\binom{81}{2} = 1080\) Triplets in 12 cards: \(\binom{12}{3} = 220\) Each pair of cards can be finished into a valid Set (prove)

Maximum Cards Without a Set

Easiest to start from a simplified version of Set: 3 properties with 3 values each, so that we can visualize all 27 cards in a finite 3D space.