By Josh Feldman
I attended my high school reunion this past weekend and got a chance to catch up with a bunch of people I haven’t seen in decades.
Puzzles
By Stephen Meskin
In the world of polygons, there is only one type of triangle, three types of quadrilaterals, and almost a dozen types of pentagons.
By Josh Feldman
Growing up in the ’80s in St. Louis, radio was king. Before the iPod, YouTube, or even Napster, the best way to listen to music was on the radio.
By Stephen Meskin
Back by popular demand, we have a few crossnumber problems. These types of problems were introduced in this column in January/February 2019.
By Josh Feldman
It’s been a rough couple of months for me—a running injury has prevented me from hitting the roads this winter. So while the running gang was out there hitting the pavement, I was stuck at home being a lazy bum.
By Stephen Meskin
Combinatorial problems are often posed using urns into which balls are placed and then withdrawn.
By Josh Feldman
While I don’t play poker nearly as much as I did 15 years ago, I still enjoy playing and watching the greatest card game ever created.
By Stephen Meskin
A standard pair of dice is a common object about which to pose probability problems.
By Josh Feldman
Every year, I give dozens of interviews for my alma mater, a way-too-tough-to-get-into university in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
By Stephen Meskin
It is mid-March as I sit composing this column. All these problems have a connection, possibly tenuous, to March.