Problem of the Week

Thanksgiving seems about a good as time as any for us to get completely piled with snow, so here's a wintry themed Problem of the Week which I don't know will be relevant by the time it goes up!

You can read my solution to this problem below.

Advanced Knowledge Problem of the Week

Here's a combinatorics-based Advanced Knowledge Problem for which tomorrow you'll be thankful that you finished today. 

My solution's posted after the break. 

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Thanksgiving: Facts and Figures

With Thanksgiving approaching this week, we wanted to take a look at a few numerical facts and figures about the holiday. Keep reading for a text version of all the content in the image, plus more!

The Grand Hotel

One of my favorite mathematics stories/folktales/thought experiments/jokes is that of David Hilbert's Grand Hotel, where Hilbert is of course the renowned mathematician you may know of already. Despite its appearance as just a rather strange mathematical folktale, it's based around true, yet counterintuitive mathematical properties of infinite sets. Though the story has many different versions by many authors, you can read my rendition of it below.

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Problem of the Week

Thanksgiving is coming up soon, and with that comes all sorts of circular baked goods, like the ones in this two-part Problem of the Week!

Keep in mind that the pieces don't have to be the same shape or size! You can check out my solution below.