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Yossi Elran, PhD

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Wonderland and Logic Puzzles

The 124th anniversary of the death of Lewis Carroll, author of “Alice in Wonderland” and a brilliant creator of logic puzzles

calendar 14.1.2022
reading-time 5 minutes

The Mathematics of Chess

In how many ways can chess pieces be arranged on a board without threatening any other pieces? What is fairy chess and what does it all have to do with a million dollar prize?

calendar 2.1.2022
reading-time 6 minutes

Martin Gardner – The Riddler from Oklahoma

Martin Gardner, the greatest puzzle-master, who conveyed the beauty of mathematics better than anyone

calendar 26.12.2021
reading-time 6 minutes

Why can’t you divide a certain number by zero?

Why can’t you divide a certain number by zero? Supposedly, the meaning of dividing by zero is that you do not divide the number (you “divide” it to 0 sets…) and so the result should be the same as the number divided?

calendar 9.5.2015
reading-time 2 minutes