THE COMPLETE INDEX
All Puzzles
10 puzzlesProblems collected for the idea inside them, not merely for the answer at the end.
A cycle-following strategy turns an almost impossible search into a surprisingly hopeful one.
★★★★☆#0186Conway's SoldiersGame · InvariantHow far can an army of pegs advance when every move must be a jump?
★★★★★#0185The Mutilated ChessboardInvariant · ChessboardTwo missing corners, thirty-one dominoes, and one coloring that settles everything.
★★☆☆☆#0142The Monty Hall ParadoxProbability · ConditionalOne prize, three doors, and an informed host: should you switch?
★★☆☆☆#0118The Nine-Point CircleGeometry · CircleNine distinguished points of every triangle quietly share a single circle.
★★★☆☆#0117Morley's MiracleGeometry · ConstructionAdjacent angle trisectors of an arbitrary triangle form an equilateral triangle.
★★★★★#0091The Two Envelope ProblemProbability · ParadoxA seductive expected-value argument seems to say that switching is always better.
★★★★☆#0015Lattice PathsCombinatorics · GridCount routes through a grid by forgetting the picture and remembering only the moves.
★★☆☆☆#0003Largest Prime FactorNumber Theory · AlgorithmA short factor-stripping loop is enough when every discovered divisor changes the remaining problem.
★★☆☆☆#0001Multiples of 3 or 5Arithmetic · Inclusion–ExclusionA first exercise in turning iteration into arithmetic with inclusion–exclusion.
★☆☆☆☆