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After receiving a few responses to the previous question, I decided to continue the trend of riddles. Some of these will be physics or computer science related. Others might be more general. I enjoy them as they’re excellent mental exercises. I recently discovered this question in one of my old calculus texts.
Is it possible given six toothpicks, to create four equilateral triangles?
Please post any answers in the comments section! This one I think has a few simple solutions–looking forward to seeing the various ways of solving the problem. One I can think of is particularly “elegant.”
What’s New?
Coming up on the termination of my time here in Scotland. St. Andrews just received a classification in the UK as one of the top four Universities. Professors seem excited about that. It has been a great experience, regardless of what happens with grades I suppose!
Exams are approaching rapidly. Not looking forward to them in the least bit. Especially Solid State Physics–I have a lot of Quantum Mechanics to review and teach myself since technically I haven’t had a full formal class on the subject. Also have a few programming projects crunching into my time. Time to implement the GTD methodology! N.B. I’ll be doing a joint year long thesis upon my return to the states. We hope for it to be a successful convergence of biochemistry, physics, and computer science!
Linkage: Grow your brain.
Take it easy,
Steve.
