Directory of Famous Problems Resources

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This category is for solutions, hints and online versions of famous math problems.

Subcategories

• Monty Hall
• Tower of Hanoi

Resources in This Category

• Bertrand's Box Paradox

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand's_box_paradox
  Article from Wikipedia describing this problem and its solution.

• Lewis Carroll's Pillow Problem: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

  http://www.cut-the-knot.org/carroll.shtml
  Simulation for Lewis Carroll's pillow problem.

• Male Bears Probability: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

  http://www.cut-the-knot.org/bears.shtml
  A problem in probability: several solutions.

• The Knight's Tour Links Page

  http://www.velucchi.it/mathchess/knight.htm
  The goal is to travel with a knight around the chess board, landing on each square only once. Features web links of solutions to the game, including a solution" by Dan Thomasson.

• U of T Mathematics Network

  http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/probpuzz.html
  Includes interactive games, problems and puzzles including the Monty Hall Problem and the Tower of Hanoi and questions pages with answers and discussion.

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