Very interesting puzzle! On 3 occasions I thought I found the answer...and then found a better solution. Hope I’ve finally got it right... Source: A puzzle group on internet
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National Pi Day 2018
Today is National Pi Day (March 14th or 3/14). I had written a blog post on National Pi Day in 2009 which you can read here (the blog post was imported from my old blog and there seems to be some loss of content or distortion of metadata). I joined Twitter on 13th March 2009,... Continue Reading →
7 Geometry Puzzles
Pink shaded region in above square is what % of area of the square? Hint: You do not have to know the side of the square to solve this.
Three Puzzles on “2018”
Here are three puzzles related to "2018". Interesting ones with varying difficulty. Do try and post answers
Mathematically Happy New Year 2018
This New Year crosses 2 years that are the sum of 2 squares: 2017=9²+44², 2018=13²+43². There was a triple of such years in 1960-1962 but there won't be again until 2248-2250. From Twitter
On Calendar
Year end is about holidays and New Year wishes. But it is also about Calendars. I don't know about others but I like to "read" new calendar, immediately check few dates or events, festivals! I remember having written a couple of blog posts about Calendar. One, written in 2007, was a light take on Calendar... Continue Reading →
Happy B’day Srinivas Ramanujan
Srinivas Ramanujan, one of the best mathematicians the world has ever seen, was born on this day, 22nd December 1887. His birthday is observed in India as National Mathematics Day. He barely lived for 32 years (died: 26th April 1920) but the work he did in the short span continues to inspire mathematicians even today.... Continue Reading →
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