Search Results
| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
| For more details on advanced search visit our help page | |
Results tagged with puzzle
Search options questions only
not deleted
user 75935
Recreational mathematics or puzzles with serious mathematical content. Note that math contest problems are generally considered off-topic.
11
votes
0
answers
498
views
Making perpetual motion machine from candy-sharing cats
Source & progress: I found the prototype of the puzzle in an obscure corner of the web, made some natural generalizations, and shared it on puzzling.stackexchange. …
- 2,619
0
votes
0
answers
152
views
100 mathematicians each have a numbers written on their foreheads
100 mathematicians each have a number written on their foreheads, visible to all but themself. One day, a meta-mathematician comes by and remarks, "I see all the numbers are distinct natural numbers." …
- 2,619
4
votes
2
answers
272
views
8
votes
0
answers
278
views
The busy Star Guardian
Note: I originally created this as a puzzle for the site puzzling.stackexchange.com, where an amazing solution with $g=10/3$ was found. It was conjectured that $g^*=3$, but no one could prove it. …
- 2,619
27
votes
1
answer
991
views
The lion and the zebras
The lion plays a deadly game against a group of $N$ zebras that takes place in the steppe (= an infinite plane). The lion starts in the origin with coordinates $(0,0)$, while the $N$ zebras may arbitr …
- 2,619