Mathematical writing · Monthly Mindbenders: Solutions

Contents

9 chapters. Problems are from Peter Winkler's Monthly Mindbenders for the National Museum of Mathematics, reproduced with attribution; all solutions are my own.

  1. 1The Ladybug’s Last Number
  2. 2Bacteria That Cannot Leave
  3. 3Two Subsets, One Sum
  4. 4Ten Points, Disjoint Disks
  5. 5Fifty Strings in a Box
  6. 6A Hundred Random Chords
  7. 7Four Numbers from Six Dice
  8. 8The Corner No Peg Can Reach
  9. 9A Multiple Made of Ones