Mathspp Blog

A blog dedicated to mathematics and programming!

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Problem #028 - hidden key

There is a key hidden in one of three boxes and each box has a coin on top of it. Can you use the coins to let your friend know where the key is hiding?

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Problem #024 - hats in a line

Some people are standing quiet in a line, each person with a hat that has one of two colours. How many people can guess their colour correctly?

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Twitter proof: size of the set of subsets of a set

Let's prove that, if a set has size $$n$$, then that same set has exactly $$2^n$$ subsets.

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Problem #005 - number me right

This post's problem is a really interesting problem I solved two times. The first time I solved it I failed to prove exactly how it works... then some years later I remembered the problem statement and was able to solve it properly. Let's see how you do!