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Busterhugs!

July 15, 2013Mike Schilling 1 Comment

A guy I work with named Jeremy created this poster, which has gone viral in Giants circles. So if you solve a problem where no one else can help, and if you can find him, you just might be able… Continue Reading →

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Order!

July 15, 2013Mike Schilling 11 Comments

We discussed fields here. Today we’re going to continue by talking about a more specific kind of field.

recreational mathematics

No-no!

July 14, 2013Mike Schilling 10 Comments

Tim Lincecum has had a rough couple of years.

sports Timmy!

Division!

July 12, 2013Mike Schilling 20 Comments

Here’s another. Once again, rot13 your answers. Show your work. First correct solution gets bragging rights. PLI WA|PRISK WA TWS TIW RNK RSP NL

recreational mathematics puzzles

Division!

July 8, 2013Mike Schilling 23 Comments

When I was young, my Mom used to buy crossword puzzle magazines at the grocery store. She would do the crossword and the cryptograms, and I would do the other stuff: anagrams, logic puzzles, and of course number puzzles. My… Continue Reading →

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Gaiman!

July 7, 2013Mike Schilling 10 Comments

Things I learned about Neil Gaiman at tonight’s book-signing:

books awesomeness, Neil Gaiman, reportage

Equality!

June 30, 2013Mike Schilling 22 Comments

A field, in abstract algebra, is a system where: Addition works the way you expect. Multiplication also works the way you expect. Multiplication distriutes over addition We can make this more precise.

recreational mathematics

Logic!

June 30, 2013Mike Schilling 26 Comments

Here, once again, is the question: Three perfect logicians, A, B, and C, sit around a circular table. There is a set of stamps, four red and four green. Each logician has had two stamps pasted on his forehead; he… Continue Reading →

recreational mathematics

Philomathy!

June 29, 2013Mike Schilling 21 Comments

Professor Phil O’Mathy and two of his colleagues, all savants in mathematical logic, went down to the local pub. A waitress came over to their table and asked “Do you all want a beer?” “I don’t know”, replied the first… Continue Reading →

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Attention-grabber!

June 16, 2013Mike Schilling 14 Comments

Vladimir Putin denies stealing Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring “I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,’” Kraft told the crowd, according to… Continue Reading →

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