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Challenging Math Puzzle:
The Know, Don't Know Problem
(Delphi Implementation: U_KnowDontKnow2.pas
u_primes.pas)
Two integers, A and B, each between 2 and 100 inclusive, have been chosen.
The product, A*B, is given to mathematician Dr. P.
The sum, A+B, is given to mathematician Dr. S.
They each know the range of numbers.
Their conversation is as follows:
What are the numbers?
PI anyone?
This doesn't apply to *me* of course:
My strange license plate game here.
Morse Code
Guitar Notes and Chords
Cyrillic Alphabet
Origins of Weekday and Month Names
Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday,
Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday.
| Sunnandæg | Mōnandæg | Tīwesdæg | Wōdnesdæg | Torsdag | Frīgedæg | Sæturnesdæg |
| Sun's Day | Moon's Day | Tiw (Mars) | Woden (Mercury) | Thor's Day | Frīge (Venus) | Saturn's Day |
Fasti Antiates Maiores, a painted wall-calendar from the late Roman Republic.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
| Roman God Janus | Roman Februa Festival | Roman God Mars | Etruscan Goddess Apru | Greek Goddess Maia | Roman Goddess Juno | Emporer Julius Caesar | Emperor Augustus (Octavian) | Numbers 7 to 10, when the calendar
began at the spring equinox in March. Confusing since these are months 9 to 12. | |||
Furrow (lumber supplies) Fails Math
The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov