THE COMPLETE INDEX

All Puzzles

10 puzzles

Problems collected for the idea inside them, not merely for the answer at the end.

#0187The 100 Prisoners ProblemProbability · Logic

A cycle-following strategy turns an almost impossible search into a surprisingly hopeful one.

★★★★☆
#0186Conway's SoldiersGame · Invariant

How far can an army of pegs advance when every move must be a jump?

★★★★★
#0185The Mutilated ChessboardInvariant · Chessboard

Two missing corners, thirty-one dominoes, and one coloring that settles everything.

★★☆☆☆
#0142The Monty Hall ParadoxProbability · Conditional

One prize, three doors, and an informed host: should you switch?

★★☆☆☆
#0118The Nine-Point CircleGeometry · Circle

Nine distinguished points of every triangle quietly share a single circle.

★★★☆☆
#0117Morley's MiracleGeometry · Construction

Adjacent angle trisectors of an arbitrary triangle form an equilateral triangle.

★★★★★
#0091The Two Envelope ProblemProbability · Paradox

A seductive expected-value argument seems to say that switching is always better.

★★★★☆
#0015Lattice PathsCombinatorics · Grid

Count routes through a grid by forgetting the picture and remembering only the moves.

★★☆☆☆
#0003Largest Prime FactorNumber Theory · Algorithm

A short factor-stripping loop is enough when every discovered divisor changes the remaining problem.

★★☆☆☆
#0001Multiples of 3 or 5Arithmetic · Inclusion–Exclusion

A first exercise in turning iteration into arithmetic with inclusion–exclusion.

★☆☆☆☆