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Steven Stadnicki
Seattle, WA
Software engineer and long-time dabbler in mathematics; 11th in the Putnams forever ago but I've long since atrophied.
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What's the value of this Viète-style product involving the golden ratio?
number-theory
sequences-and-series
asked Oct 6, 2010 at 22:47
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A maze puzzle for the day
mazes
asked Apr 1, 2015 at 22:26
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Self-referential Sudoku
sudoku
arithmetic
asked Apr 15, 2015 at 22:45
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How asymptotically bad is naive shuffling?
algorithms
algorithm-analysis
asymptotics
probability-theory
randomness
asked Nov 6, 2012 at 19:22
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Is regex golf NP-Complete?
complexity-theory
np-complete
regular-expressions
asked Jan 13, 2014 at 9:26
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How to create mazes on the hyperbolic plane?
graph-theory
recreational-mathematics
hyperbolic-geometry
percolation
asked Nov 16, 2011 at 0:02
math.stackexchange.com
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Do side-rational triangles of the same area admit side-rational dissections?
geometry
polygons
dissection
asked Mar 19, 2015 at 15:55
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Suit Yourself (paper puzzle)
word
asked Mar 2, 2020 at 22:56
puzzling.stackexchange.com
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Is the Collatz conjecture in $\Sigma_1 / \Pi_1$?
logic
recreational-mathematics
computability
asked Jan 18, 2012 at 18:44
math.stackexchange.com
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How common are offensive words in tournament Scrabble play?
scrabble
tournament
asked Aug 27, 2014 at 4:12
boardgames.stackexchange.com
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Does the square or the circle have the greater perimeter? A surprisingly hard problem for high schoolers
math.stackexchange.com
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In the history of mathematics, has there ever been a mistake?
math.stackexchange.com
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Can a piece of A4 paper be folded so that it's thick enough to reach the moon?
math.stackexchange.com
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The Mathematics of Tetris
math.stackexchange.com
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if there are 5 points on a sphere then 4 of them belong to a half-sphere.
math.stackexchange.com
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Does newer card text on a Magic: The Gathering card override the old wording?
boardgames.stackexchange.com
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Why can ALL quadratic equations be solved by the quadratic formula?
math.stackexchange.com
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A (probably trivial) induction problem: $\sum_2^nk^{-2}\lt1$
math.stackexchange.com
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In calculus, which questions can the naive ask that the learned cannot answer?
math.stackexchange.com
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Origin of the dot and cross product?
math.stackexchange.com
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Koch snowflake paradox: finite area, but infinite perimeter
math.stackexchange.com
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Multiple-choice question about the probability of a random answer to itself being correct
math.stackexchange.com
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Are there 300,000 items in the average American household, and 10,000 items in the average European household?
skeptics.stackexchange.com
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Which is bigger: $9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9^{9}}}}}}}}}$ or $9!!!!!!!!!$?
math.stackexchange.com
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How many digits does the integer zero have?
math.stackexchange.com
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Collecting alternative proofs for the oddity of Catalan
mathoverflow.net
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What is this pattern called?
math.stackexchange.com
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How can I write the numbers 5 and 7 as some sequence of operations on three 9s?
math.stackexchange.com
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Can Mickey Mouse divide by $7$?
math.stackexchange.com
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Questions on a self-made theorem about polynomials
math.stackexchange.com
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Proof that $\sin10^\circ$ is irrational
math.stackexchange.com
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Proofs without words
mathoverflow.net
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Is it true to say that "it's not logically possible to prove something can't be done"?
math.stackexchange.com
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Hole inside cube with tetrahedrons at corners?
math.stackexchange.com
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How to force prime numbers into a line?
math.stackexchange.com
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Why can't polynomials have negative exponents or division by a variable
math.stackexchange.com
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Is this of any real importance to the mathematical scientific community?
math.stackexchange.com
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If $a^3 b = ba^3$ and if $ a $ has order 7, show that $ab = ba$
math.stackexchange.com
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Why does the Fibonacci Series start with 0, 1?
math.stackexchange.com
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Why is Bazaar of Baghdad supposedly such a good card?
boardgames.stackexchange.com
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