Talk:Pinwheel scheduling

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2, 4, and 5

@David Eppstein: I saw your mention of File:Pinwheel scheduling.svg at WP:VPP and ended up here. Searching for "2, 4," in the article finds "2, 4, and 5" in the lead caption and "2, 4, and 4" in the definition. I understand that they are both correct but presumably the caption text is wanted as it demonstrates the maximum repeat time? Johnuniq (talk) 02:21, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The repeat times of the schedule are 2, 4, and 4 (in the article text). The demands in the input to the problem in the illustrated example are 2, 4, and 5 (in the caption). I wanted this example to illustrate that it might not be possible to get repeat times that are exactly what is given in the input, but that it's ok to produce a schedule where some of the repeat times are smaller than the input demands. —David Eppstein (talk) 08:17, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]