By Josh Feldman
I never was supposed to be an actuary. Instead, once it became clear I wasn’t going to be a pro surfer, it was quietly assumed that I would follow in my dad’s footsteps and be a physicist.
Puzzles
By Stephen Meskin
This problem concerns the number of ways of putting four distinct points in a (Euclidean) plane. But first, let me put the problem in context.
By Josh Feldman
As cold temperatures and polar vortexes hit large swaths of the country, the days of watching outdoor cross-country meets seem like a distant memory.
By Stephen Meskin
Crossword puzzles are popular. They can be found in almost every newspaper and many magazines—including this one.
By Josh Feldman
During the dog days of summer, someone saw me struggling while running in the excessive heat and humidity that frequently blankets the Midwest, and asked me why I bother running during the hottest months of the year.
By Stephen Meskin
The Federal Office of Actuaries has received an urgent call for assistance from Zack Zappa the Zoologist.
By Joshua Feldman
I’ve always had a fascination with sports drafts, where teams pick players to play on their teams.
By Josh Feldman
I still remember my introduction to the internet as if it happened yesterday.
By Stephen Meskin
Let {a1, a2, ..., an} be a non-empty set of relatively prime positive integers, for example {3, 8} for n = 2 or {6, 10, 15} for n = 3.