The Math Police

Q: In the course of a murder investigation, the police bring five suspects into custody. The detective releases suspects 1 and 4 after just a few easy questions. Why?
A: The other three were the prime suspects!

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Retirement Plans

What do mathematicians call retirement?
The Aftermath

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Why People Should Learn Statistics

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My Obsession

As a child, I was obsessed with the difference between sine and cosine. As I got older, I realized it was just a phase.

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The Funniest Math Joke of All Time

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SMBC Fun

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Cover-up Solution

Check the original puzzle here.

No. Color the squares as shown. Now each tile must cover a blue, a yellow, and a red square. If we’re to cover the figure completely, then it must contain an equal number of squares of each color. But it contains 17 blue squares, 18 yellow squares, and 19 red squares. So the task is impossible.

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Cover-up

Two squares have been removed from this 8×7 rectangle. Can the remaining 54 squares be tiled orthogonally with 18 3×1 tiles? Check in for the answer tomorrow!

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Home on the Range

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Triple-nested Klein bottle

A single surface model made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, United Kingdom. It consists of three Klein bottles set inside each other to produce, when cut, three pairs of single-twist Mobius strips. A Klein bottle has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

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