A tall tale about unusual birthday pattern.
Stories for 'Mathematical Puzzles'
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A fast-paced novel involving mathematics, the Pyramid of Khufu, and of course, a fabulous treasure. Written in the true spirit of the early twentieth century mystery and adventure novels. -
A classic puzzle about “negative coconuts”… woven into a puzzle tale… -
An earthman captured by aliens outwits them by tangling them up in self-referential paradoxes of logic while throwing in Zeno’s paradox for good measure… -
An earthman captured by aliens outwits them by tangling them up in a game of Tower of Hanoi… -
A grad student is asked to solve a math puzzle by his professor in order to win his daughter’s hand in marriage. -
A story about decoding a short string of numbers, which is the combination to open a safe. -
A small mystery about guessing a telephone number from two simple clues.