Did you solve it? Brain training for Martians

The answers to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you three problems from a maths competition for Martian schoolchildren. By Martian, I mean Hungarian.In the mid-twentieth century, a generation of outstanding mathematicians and physicists from Hungary were humorously called Martians, as their intelligence was from another planet. Continue reading...

Did you solve it? Brain training for Martians

The answers to today’s puzzles

Earlier today I set you three problems from a maths competition for Martian schoolchildren. By Martian, I mean Hungarian.

In the mid-twentieth century, a generation of outstanding mathematicians and physicists from Hungary were humorously called Martians, as their intelligence was from another planet.

Continue reading...