Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 57 of Puzzlebomb, for September 2016, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 57 – September 2016 (printer-friendly version)
The solutions to Issue 57 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 57 – Solutions – September 2016 (printer-friendly version)
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Next week, the British Science Festival will take place in Swansea, in and around the University. Here’s our round-up of all the mathsiest of the maths events taking place during the week. Our own Katie Steckles will be there introducing most of these events, so you might spot her at the front telling you what to do if there’s a fire. You’ll need to register to book tickets, but all the events are free.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of July, and compiled by Evelyn and Anna, is now online at the AMS Blog on Maths Blogs.
The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 56 of Puzzlebomb, for August 2016, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 56 – August 2016 (printer-friendly version)
The solutions to Issue 56 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 56 – Solutions – August 2016 (printer-friendly version)
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of June, and compiled by Manan, is now online at Math Misery.
The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 55 of Puzzlebomb, for July 2016, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 55 – July 2016 (printer-friendly version)
There’s also an online electronic version of the puzzle in this issue.
The solutions to Issue 55 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 55 – Solutions – July 2016 (printer-friendly version)
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Previously, we posted about Katie’s Binary Nail varnish tutorial video, and how you can use glitter (1) and no glitter (0) to encode binary messages in your nail varnish. We also posted an accompanying puzzle, stated as:
Suppose I want to paint my nails on one hand differently every day for a month – so I need to use all 31 combinations involving glitter. Assuming that a nail painted with plain varnish can have glitter added, but a nail with glitter needs to be nail-varnish-removed before it can become a plain nail again, what order do I apply the different combinations so that you minimise the amount of nail varnish remover I’ll need to use?
Here’s our take on the solution.