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Geek Challenge: Baffling Birthdays
As school got back in session this fall, the first grade teachers at a large elementary school posted a list of student birthdays. The teachers noticed that of the 8 first grade classes at the school, 4 of the classes had students with duplicate birthdays. Each of the classes have just 23 students. Is their…
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Geek Challenge Results: Matrix Mind-Boggler
Congratulations to the winner of the Matrix Mind-Boggler Geek Challenge, Jordan Kuehn of the Colex Group! Jordan wrote a program which generates random matrices using an efficient technique. He gets extra props for including a DMC logo on his program! I added extra annotations to demonstrate how the solution works. The key to solving the…
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Geek Challenge: Matrix Mind-Boggler
Special thanks to Han Yang for providing this month’s Geek Challenge. A 4×4 matrix of numbers can be devised such that when any 4 cells are chosen where none of the chosen cells share a row or column with another chosen cell, the sum of the chosen cells is 25. Below is an example of…
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Geek Challenge Results: Crossword Conundrum
Thanks for playing the Geek Challenge Crossword Conundrum. Last month’s challenge had three winners: Harry Maddock of Tacoma, WA, Adnaan Velji of DMC, and Grant Anderson of DMC. The geeky answer key is shown here (click to enlarge): Submit your comments to geekchallenge@dmcinfo.com.
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Geek Challenge: Crossword Conundrum
This month’s Geek Challenge takes the classic quick crossword puzzle to a new nerdy level. Simply answer the clues to solve the puzzle. Submit your answers to geekchallenge@dmcinfo.com. The first person to respond with the most correct answers will be this month’s winner. Learn more about DMC’s company culture.
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Mascot Madness 2013 Geek Challenge
Last year we created a formula-based March Madness tournament picking challenge with several potential meaningful statistics to use to generate a winning formula. While fun, the exercise proved that the winning formula doesn’t depend on logical inputs. This year, we challenge you to pick the best bracket using some less conventional stats. The winner will pick the best bracket…
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Geek Challenge Results: Malleable Mystery
We had one correct answer to the Geek Challenge last month, and it came from Allen Hutchison of Smalley Steel Ring. The correct answer is D, that all three transformations are possible. Thanks to Han Yang for providing the content for the Malleable Mystery challenge. She found the images we used on a Chinese math blog.…
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Geek Challenge: Malleable Mystery
January’s Geek challenge is from the field of Topology, which is the study of continuity and connectivity of shapes. This field of math gives us such gems as the Hairy Ball Theorem. A Continuous Deformation of a shape is what you can do to a piece of clay if you never sever the clay,…
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Geek Challenge Results: Baffling Figure
The best use of the mystery figure (in my opinion), and the answer to last month’s Geek Challenge is B: Used as an element of a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. The figure generates an amazingly short derivation of the theorem, as our winner Gareth Meirion-Griffith of DMC demonstrates with just 2 lines of algebra: Consider the…
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Geek Challenge: Baffling Figure
What is distinctive about this figure? A. It is the optimum target for focusing a monochrome cameras B. It is an element of a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem C. It is used to design a centerless spiral staircase D. It recognized as one of the most challenging shapes in Origami E. There’s an even better use, not listed…
