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#1 2012-10-03 14:52:03
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Another installment of "Stephen Froggatt" puzzles:
The Holiday Headscratcher
As Easy As Pi
Five Card Trick
Mirror, Mirror
Sides Reversed Is
Sum-Things Missing
Extra Terrestrial
Overlapping Squares
The Dual Cabbage Way
Easter Eggs - Eggsactly
Two Rungs Make One Write
Crushed Dice
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#2 2012-10-03 18:19:20
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Hi MIF
In the Overlapping Squares puzzle, the second diagram in the problem differs from the second diagram in the solution.
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#3 2012-10-03 18:32:43
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Hi MIF;
The ExtraTerrestrial is a nice one
Simplifies to:
Headers = 3
Leggers = 6
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#4 2012-10-04 15:02:29
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Thanks anonimnystefy, I will redo the illustrations. Do you think it best to number them from top-down (as in puzzle), or bottom-up (as you would lay them)?
Thanks, too, bobby. I will see about putting that in the solution.
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#5 2012-10-04 16:37:44
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Hi MIF;
Thanks for the puzzles.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#6 2012-10-04 16:40:45
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hi MIF
Do you think it best to number them from top-down (as in puzzle), or bottom-up (as you would lay them)?
Top down did confuse me when I looked at this solution. I think bottom up as you would lay them would be more logical.
Great new puzzles! 
Bob
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#7 2012-10-04 17:21:17
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I agree with Bob.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#8 2012-10-05 10:40:39
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Thanks, updated now. Can you check it (use refresh): Overlapping Squares Solution
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#9 2012-10-06 03:43:27
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Hi MIF
Great! The puzzles are very nice.
I have one question about the MIF site. I found somewhere that Stephen Froggatt is the creator of MIF... I am not entirely sure if that is true...
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#10 2012-10-06 11:51:12
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He created mathsisfun.NET, that is how we got to know each other.
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#11 2012-10-06 18:26:48
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Uh-huh. I am asking because I found on a site of one guy that he is the creator of MathsIsFun website and had provided a link which led to your site which obviously had me confused.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón