A Light Maths Puzzle Between me and my friends, many of whom are mathematicians, there is a long-standing tradition of passing around puzzles. If one of us hears about an interesting puzzle, it gets handed around until everyone has … 22. Mar 2023 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
A puzzle for November Earlier this month I was reminded of a lovely maths puzzle – one which I often see shared by recreational mathematicians and maths teachers, to test people’s logical thinking. The puzzle is as follows: What’s … 17. Nov 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 5 comments
Colouring Graphs Back in May 2018, I wrote about a recent mathematical breakthrough in the field of colouring – known as chromaticity of the plane. The notion of colouring is part of many areas of mathematics and … 13. Jan 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
Striking a chord Here’s a puzzle. Imagine you have a circle, and inside the circle is an equilateral triangle – one which touches the circle at each of its corners, so it’s as big as it can be … 24. Nov 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
The Five Bridges Puzzle There are times when I feel like I’m in a big forest and don’t know where I’m going. But then somehow I come to the top of a hill and can see everything more clearly. … 15. Jun 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
