Some of the most satisfying number puzzles require little mathematical know-how. In fact, cracking the one below calls for thinking that is quite nonmathematical. I don’t know where or when I first ...
A number sequence has gone viral on the internet this week, reading: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?. At first glance, it looks easy, but once people start solving it, they realize spotting the pattern is not so ...
A logic quiz game that helps you naturally develop programming-style thinking—the ability to understand “systems” and “sequences” in everyday things—while having fun!
Tunic launched this month after almost eight years in development. The cute-looking action-adventure game shares a lot with The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls, but it has quickly become apparent that ...
Word sequence puzzles constitute fascinating (and fun) experiments in associative thinking—that is, experiments in how we make semantic, conceptual, or formal connections among the words in a set.
Professor Uehara from JAIST works at the intersection of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, and the art of solving puzzles. His research strives to understand the computational ...