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…
Puzzlebomb – August 2016
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.
Integer Sequence Reviews: A075771, A032799, A002717
It’s been almost two years since I last sat down with my friend David Cushing and did what God put us on this Earth to do: review integer sequences. This week I lured David into my office with promises of tasty food and showed him some sequences I’d found. Thanks to (and also in spite of)…
Carnival of Mathematics 136
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 – July 2016
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)…
Exam timing
When I have been involved with running exams (I wasn’t, really, this year), special care seems to be made to spread these out so that where possible students don’t get exams bunched together. Still, I’ve heard students complain “we only have one day off between the Monday and Wednesday exams, that isn’t enough time to…
Binary/Nail Varnish Puzzle – solution
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…