Pythagorean triples have a long and storied tradition. But what about the near misses?
You’d be surprised how much math[s] you can learn by exploring some of the implications and ramifications of what may seem at first no more than a trivial brainteaser
Martin Gardner
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.
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.
This happened on the BBC’s University Challenge this week:
Jeremy Paxman might never recover from having his mind so thoroughly blown.