There is more than one solution to last week’s Queens Problem because the board can be rotated — but we present one here.
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AI can solve a problem without understanding the proofs so the question arises, was anything learned that can be passed on?
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Meanwhile, some are asking if Claude’s Navier–Stokes proof really originated with a researcher and a math prof using the system.
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The answer to last week’s “count the squares” puzzle can be turned into a formula that can be applied to any number of dimensions.
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Hint for the handshake problem in Microsofty 92: Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) provided a formula for this.
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A hint for Microsofty 91: Where might Jimmy the Mooch have found some spare energy?
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While an interpretation might survive many difficulties, it cannot survive the failure to provide the one thing it promises — and even after seventy years, “many worlds” has yet to produce even one.
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To solve last week’s puzzle: you are told how many heads there are so start by flipping that number of coins.
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The answer to Micro Softy 87 depends on understanding which number a given sequence of the code represents.
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To solve last week’s puzzle, look up the definition of “calorie.” Are we using the word to mean the same thing?
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Swarm intelligence enables the colony to converge on the shortest and most efficient path to food without any individual being especially smart.
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AI displays very impressive horizontal integration (integrating existing concepts) but not vertical integration (entirely new inventions).
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Last week’s puzzle is also easier to solve if we observe some of the patterns that number theory reveals.
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About last week’s MicroSofty: Think of the probability issue as just a distraction…
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Sisyphus Fats, exercises by pushing a giant bowling ball up a 100 foot hill. Every minute, he pushes the ball three feet closer to the top and then the bowling ball slides two feet back.
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Part of the trick to solving Monday Microsofty 56 is to decide whether or not to give it a high five.
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If you suspected that last week’s talk of baseball was just a distraction from the real puzzle hint, now you can find out.
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To solve last week’s puzzle, you don’t need to know the distance. Check the problem again for the number you do need to know.
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Today’s Micro Softy tests whether you are clever enough with math to code computers or be an engineer. Here’s the story: Senator Kornn did not like Governor Friar. Both were from Texas. When Kornn learned that Governor Friar was visiting Washington, DC, Kornn said “This town’s not big enough for the both of us.” So Kornn decided to leave DC for that period. Kornn and Friar get on planes at the same time. One was at Reagan International Airport in DC and the other was at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Airport. So each was flying to the other’s airport. Both planes took off at the same time. After a while, Kornn looked out of his first-class window and saw Read More ›
When considering a mortgage, the correct comparison is not total payments but the return on the borrowed money versus the loan’s annual percentage rate.
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