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More Chessboard

You are free to comment your solutions, questions and remarks.. You have two kinds of allowed moves. One move is to jump with a piece over another piece in a horizontal or vertical direction like this: and to jump with … Continue reading

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Incomplete Chess Board

Please comment your solutions, questions and remarks.. I learned this puzzle from Juha Oikkonen, but it is probably quite famous anyway. You have left your chess board on the table in the summer house and when you came back you … Continue reading

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Games in Topology (Another Proof of Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem)

Theorem (Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem, BFPT). Suppose that [tex]B\subset \mathbb{R}^n[/tex] is the closed n-dimensional unit ball and [tex]f\colon B\to B[/tex] is a continuous function. Then there exists a point [tex]x\in B[/tex] such that [tex]f(x)=x[/tex]. Theorem (Jordan’s Curve Theorem) Let [tex]f\colon … Continue reading

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The Coin Placing Game.

See the Wednesday Problem’s vague rules here. Some games again. According to Sam, from whom I heard this riddle, it divides people into cathegories i) those who realize the answer immidiately and ii) those who think quite long about it. … Continue reading

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The Game Discrete

Inspired by my post about tic-tac-toe I want to introduce a game. It is played on a 3x3x3 grid or equivalently on a 9×3 grid:

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The Chocolate Game

Please comment your solutions, questions and remarks.. I heard this from Lauri Hella, but he doesn’t remember from whom he heard this. The game is played between two players as follows. There is an [tex]n\times m[/tex] bar of chocolate on … Continue reading

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Tic-tac-toe And A Non-Constructive Proof

Usually the game tic-tac-toe is played on an infinite board (i.e. 30 times 40 or something). The two players draw X:s and 0:s to the squares of a notepad paper. Player 1 (beginner) is the X-drawer and the Player 2 … Continue reading

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