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Trimathlon Palindromes
“A man, a plan, a canal–Panama.” This statement is a famous example of a palindrome–a phrase that reads the same forward or backward. Inventive wordsmiths and puzzlists have come up with all sorts of words, sentences, and even paragraphs that have this property. The term palindrome can also be applied to whole numbers, such as […]
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Pennant Races and Magic Numbers
It’s getting close to the end of the regular baseball season. Fanatic fans track not only which team is in first place or in position for a wild-card berth in the playoffs but also the number of games a team must win to avoid elimination. The elimination, or “magic,” number is usually defined to be […]
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