Archive for February, 2009
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Wolfram Research, the folks behind Mathematica, have just started posting puzzles to go with the episodes of the hit show, NUMB3RS.
From the Wolfram Blog:
Wolfram Research has worked with the CBS/Paramount show NUMB3RS since its first season. Now in the fifth season, it remains the most popular show of Friday ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Blinkdagger has MMM #26 posted. This one is tricky. We've received a number of different answers and even the incorrect ones are well explained!
So, if you want a Blinkdagger-style Math problem, give this one a try!
Here's the problem description:
Ever since Quan was a little boy, his lifelong dream has been ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Ron Frederick is the winner of MMM #25: Monotonous Monday Math Madness. Congratulations, Ron!
Jonathan had a very simple explanation, based on elementary combinatorics:
Line up the digits 123456789 and take any one of them: C(9,1) choice.
Take any two of them: C(9,2).
Now, wait. Am I saying there are C(9,2) = ...
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