I just put a couple of puzzles up in the content section; a number game, my Rubick’s cube solution, and a logic problem. I’ve got some cleaning up to do, but at least it’s up there to play with! Have a look and have some fun!
October 27, 2009
June 18, 2009
January 20, 2009
January 15, 2009
Mathematical proof that girls are evil.
I’ve always loved this, so I figured I’d just put it into text here for anyone that hasn’t seen it before!
Proof that girls are evil:
First, assume that girls will require time and money.
girls = time × money
We all know that “time is money.”
time = money
Therefore:
girls = money × money
girls = (money)²
And because “money is the root of all evil”, we know that:
money = √‾evil
Therefore:
girls = (√‾evil)²
The square simply cancels the square root and we are left with:
girls = evil
end of proof.
October 25, 2008
mid-semester
I have been so busy the past few weeks I haven’t had time for anything! Things have calmed down a bit for the time being, but I know it won’t last too long! I’m just heading to bed but I wanted to at least keep things interesting here and post a math problem! A little combinitorics, so have fun with it! Solution is in the comments!
A bracelet is made by threading 4 identical red beads and 4 identical yellow
beads onto a hoop. How many different arrangements of the 8 beads can be made?
September 15, 2008
Just another weekend.
This weekend I went and watched Burn After Reading and read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, both of which I enjoyed greatly! I recommend them both. School is back in full swing and I am slowly losing all of my free time again; I miss it already. But, there is the light at the end of the tunnel: Only 8 months until graduation. I guess it is time to start thinking about what comes next; not something I really want to get into right now.
I guess I’m kind of distracted right now by football (Dallas/Philadelphia, hell of a game by the way) and I feel like I’m being short. So, I will leave this with a math problem:
When we perform a ‘digit slide’ on a number, we move its units digit to the front of the number. For example, the result of a ‘digit slide’ on 6471 is 1647. What is the smallest positive integer with 4 as its units digit such that the result of a ‘digit slide’ on the number equals 4 times the number?
Solution is in the comments
