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View article: The Clairvoyant Maître d'
The Clairvoyant Maître d' Open
In this paper we study a variant of the Malicious Maître d' problem. This problem, attributed to computer scientist Rob Pike in Peter Winkler's book Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, involves seating diners around a circula…
View article: The clairvoyant maître d'
The clairvoyant maître d' Open
In this paper we study a variant of the Malicious Maître d' problem. This problem, attributed to computer scientist Rob Pike in Peter Winkler's book "Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection", involves seating diners around a circu…
View article: What Does Math Have to Do With Patterns in Fish?
What Does Math Have to Do With Patterns in Fish? Open
When you think of fish, what comes to mind? Maybe you think of pet goldfish, movie characters like Dory or Nemo, or trout in a local river. One of the things that all these fish have in common is patterns in their skin. Nemo sports black a…
View article: A More Malicious Maitre d'
A More Malicious Maitre d' Open
In this paper we study the problem of the Malicious Maitre d', as described in Peter Winkler's book Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection. This problem, attributed to computer scientist Rob Pike, involves seating diners around a…
View article: What's math got to do with patterns in fish?
What's math got to do with patterns in fish? Open
When you think of fish, what comes to mind? Maybe you think of pet goldfish, movie characters like Dory or Nemo, or trout in a local river. One of the things that all of these fish have in common is patterns in their skin. Nemo sports blac…