Cal Poly - Department of Mathematics - Morgan Sherman

Puzzle of the Week

California Polytechnic State University
Department of Mathematics
Winter 2013
Puzzle Solvers (Last updated March 7)
098 - solution James Nicovich, Jason Lee, Kent Morrison, Jonathan Shapiro, Bob Wolf, Tyler Jorgens, Tom O'Neil, John Clements, Sean Gasiorek, Brian Jones, Stephen Calabrese, Caleb Miller
097 - solution Kent Morrison, Allan Boone, Jonathan Shapiro, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Erin Pearse, James Nicovich, Jason Lee, Jack Girolo, John Clements
096 - solution Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison, Erin Pearse, James Nicovich, Jonathan Shapiro, and the team effort of: {Stephen Calabrese, Allison Scheppelmann, Max Garcia, Dana Hipolite, Katie Chiccone, Tanner Gibson}
095 - solution James Nicovich, Jonathan Shapiro, Jason Lee, Brian Jones, Allan Boone, Benjamin Wang, Erin Pearse, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Sean Gasiorek, Marino Romero, Trevor Jones, Jeff McGovern
094 - solution Don Hartig, Sean Gasiorek, Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison, Estelle Basor, AJ Nelson, Erin Pearse, James Nicovich, Jonathan Shapiro
093 - solution Don Hartig, Sean Gasiorek, Tom O'Neil, Nick Greyn, James Nicovich, Bob Wolf, Al Jimenez, Jonathan Shapiro
092 - solution Kent Morrison (contributor), Sean Gasiorek, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, James Nicovich, John Clements, Erin Pearse
Fall 2012
Puzzle Solvers
091 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, Tom O'Neil
090 - solution Steven Tartakovsky, Allan Boone, Erin Pearse, Bob Wolf, Jonathan Shapiro, Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison
089 - solution Matt Tytel, Trevor Jones, Myron Hood, Jonathan Shapiro, Bob Wolf, James Hall, Lumin Sperling, Tom O'Neil, Tanner Gibson
088 - solution Bob Wolf (contributor), Lawrence Sze, Kent Morrison, Jonathan Shapiro, Erin Pearse, Tom O'Neil, Tanner Gibson, Trevor Jones
087 - solution Kyle Griffin (contributor), Jonathan Shapiro, Tom O'Neil, David Kato, Tanner Gibson, John Clements
086 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Erin Pearse, Ben Woodford, David Kato, Al Jimenez, David Sacco, Trevor Jones, Joe Borzellino, Chris Ressel, Kent Morrison
085 - solution David Kato, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Caleb Miller, Erin Pearse, James Nicovich, Ben Woodford, Spencer Herrick, Hussain Hakak
Spring 2012
Puzzle Solvers
084 - solution Allan Boone, Stephen Calabrese, Chad Duna, Max Garcia, James Hall, Brian Jones, John Clements, Jason Lee, Bob Wolf, James Nicovich, Tom O'Neil, Sarah Hamilton, Jeff Liese, Patrick Wheatley, Myron Hood, John Detlefs, Nick Greyn, Jonathan Shaprio
083 - solution John Detlefs, Tom O'Neil, Jonathan Shapiro
082 - solution Brian Jones, Jonathan Shapiro, Jeremy Van Matre, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Mike Ion, John Detlefs, Stephen Calabrese, Patrick Wheatley, Anthony Kling
081 - solution Kent Morrison (contributor), Al Jimenez, Jonathan Shapiro, Bob Wolf, Tom O'Neil
080 - solution Al Jimenez, Tom O'Neil, Jacob Farrarelli, James Nicovich, Jonathan Shapiro, John Clements, Bob Wolf, Nick Greyn, Alec Griffith, Mike Ion
079 - solution Kent Morrison (contributor), Jonathan Shapiro
078 - solution Mark Stankus, Jonathan Shapiro, Kent Morrison, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Patrick Wheatley, Jeff Liese
077 - solution Al Jimenez, Allan Boone, Jonathan Shapiro, Tom O'Neil, Jeremy Van Matre, Kent Morrison, Lumin Sperling, Brian Jones, Sean Gasiorek, Kevin Lamb, Jeff Liese, James Nicovich, James Hall, Trevor Jones, Patrick Wheatley, Alec Griffith, Stephen Calabrese, Michael D'Arci
Winter 2012
Puzzle Solvers (Last updated March 1)
076 - solution Ben Arthur, Nick Greyn, Patrick Wheatley, Brian Jones, Bob Wolf, Jason Elwood, Tom O'Neil, Steven Calabrese, Mike Ion, Steven Tartakovsky, Dave Detlefs, James Nicovich, Jacob Ferrarelli, Khoa Nguyen, Sean Gasiorek, Lumin Sperling, Allan Boone, Benjamin Wang, Anthony Kling, Jeremy Van Matre
075 - solution Jack Girolo, Patrick Wheatley, Tom O'Neil, Allan Boone
074 - solution Brian Jones, Jonathan Shapiro, Al Jimenez, Tom O'Neil, Ben Woodford + Jasmine Diaz, Berkeley Churchill, Patrick Wheatley, Jeremy Van Matre, Bob Wolf, Lumin Sperling, Steven Adam Tartakovsky, James Hall, Jack Girolo, Trevor Jones, Sean Gasiorek, Kent Morrison
073 - solution Benjamin Wang, John Detlefs, Jeff Crocker, Steven Tartakovsky, Allan Boone, John Clements, Jonathan Shapiro, Tom Madjedi, Erin Kelly + Richard Neufeld, Hieu M. Truong, Bob Wolf, James Nicovich, Katie Davis, Tom O'Neil, Marino Romero, Myron Hood, Jack Girolo, Al Jimenez, David Detlefs
072 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, Estelle Basor + Kent Morrison, Bob Wolf, Tom O'Neil
071 - solution Al Jimenez, Jonathan Shapiro, Lawrence Sze, John Clements, Ben Woodford, Brian Jones, Jason Elwood, Benjamin Wang, John Van Eps, Jeremy Van Matre, Bob Wolf, Kent Morrison, Allan Boone, Tom O'Neil, Jack Girolo, James Nicovich, Oliver Kunz
Fall 2011
Puzzle Solvers
070 - solution Trevor Jones, James Nicovich, John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Jonathan Shapiro, Kent Morrison, Christopher McMurdie, Patrick Wheatley, Benjamin Wang, Anthony Kling
069 - solution Brian Jones, Jonathan Shapiro, Kent Morrison, John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Trevor Jones, Christopher McMurdie, Anthony Kling, Patrick Wheatley
068 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, Eric Cramer, Christopher McMurdie, Allan Boone, Bob Wolf, Steven Tartakovsky, Trevor Jones, Brian Jones, Mike Ion, Tom O'Neil, Patrick Wheatley, Anthony Kling, Max B. Garcia
067 - solution Brian Jones, Jonathan Shapiro, Christopher McMurdie, Kent Morrison, Tom O'Neil, Trevor Jones, Patrick Wheatley
066 - solution Brian Jones, Allan Boone, James Nicovich, Jonathan Shapiro, John Van Eps, Mike Ion, Bob Wolf, Tom O'Neil, Max Garcia
065 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Olevia Cory-Luo
064 - solution Allan Boone, Jonathan Shaprio, John Van Eps, Ben Woodford, James Nicovich, Bob Wolf, Tom O'Neil, Patrick Wheatley, Nick Greyn, Ollie Kunz
063 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, Allan Boone, Trevor Jones, Eric Cramer, Tom O'Neil, James Nicovich
Sping 2011
Puzzle Solvers
062 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Lawrence Sze, Josua Miller, Brian Jones, Benjamin Wang, Patrick Wheatley, Myron Hood, Eric Cramer, Taylor Atterbury, Bob Wolf, James Nicovich, Alvin Feng, Ben Woodford, Trevor Jones, Talha Saifi
061 - solution Lawrence Sze, Allan Boone, Eric Cramer, Brian Jones, Joshua Miller, Benjamin Wang, Tom O'Neil, Talha Saifi, Myron Hood, James Nicovich, Alvin Feng, Patrick Wheatley, ...
060 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Brian Jones, James Nicovich, Benjamin Wang, Kent Morrison, Mike Ion, Eric Cramer, Alvin Bokun Feng, Jonathan Shapiro, Patrick Wheatley, Talha Saifi, Trevor Jones, Bob Wolf, Joshua Miller, Myron Hood, Jason Lee, Jeremy Van Matre
059 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Matt Rodrigues, Eric Cramer, Brian Jones, Joshua Miller, Benjamin Wang, Allan Boone, Alex Gerber, John Clements, Jeremy Van Matre, Bob Wolf, Patrick Wheatley, James Nicovich, Myron Hood, Alvin Bokun Feng, Kent Morrison
058 - solution $5000+ Tom O'Neil, Lawrence Sze, Matt Rodrigues, Joshua Miller, Al Jimenez, John Clements, Alex Gerber, Alvin Bokun Feng, Patrick Wheatley
$4000+ Anthony Nastasi, Marino Romero, Jeremy Van Matre, Benjamin Wan
057 - solution Jeff Liese, Jonathan Shapiro, Allan Boone, Trevor Jones, Brent Davis, Jeremy Van Matre, James Nicovich, Bob Wolf, Joshua Miller, Patrick Wheatley, Talha Saifi, Tom O'Neil, Clint Hahlbeck, Marino Romero, Jason Lee
Winter 2011
Puzzle Solvers
056 - solution Jonathan Shapiro, Allan Boone, Trevor Jones, Alex Gerber, Jeremy Kun, Kent Morrison, James Nicovich, John Clements, Marino Romero, Tom O'Neil, Jack Girolo, Berkeley Churchill, Jeremy Van Matre
055 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Jonathan Shapiro, Jeremy Van Matre, Jack Girolo, Patrick Wheatley, James Nicovich
054 - solution Vince Bonini (contributor), Lawrence Sze, Jeremy Van Matre, Tom O'Neil, James Nicovich, Jack Girolo, Mike Ion, Patrick Wheatley, Berkeley Churchill
053 - solution Lawrence Sze, Jacob Ferrarelli, Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison, Micahel Ion, James Nicovich, Sara Hamilton, Berkeley Churchill, David Kloepper, Patrick Wheatley, Benjamin Arthur, Jeremy Van Matre, Jeff Appel, Richard Neufeld
052 - solution Jonathan Shapiro (contributor), Tom O'Neil, Patrick Wheatley, James Nicovich, Jeremy Van Matre, Berkeley Churchill
051 - solution Tom O'Neil (contributor), Eric Cramer, Staci Pearson, Allan Boone, John Clements, Berkeley Churchill, Clint Hahlbeck, Myron Hood, Bob Wolf, Garrett Bates, Patrick Wheatley, James Nicovich, Marino Romero, Jeremy Van Matre
050 - solution Jeremy Kun (contributor), Allan Boone, Jonathan Shapiro, Alex Gerber, Bob Wolf, Tom O'Neil, Berkeley Churchill, John Clements, Marino Romero, Jack Girolo, James Nicovich, Patrick Wheatley
049 - solution Jeff Liese (contributor), Allan Boone, Jeremy Kun + Erin Kelly, Lawrence Sze, Bob Wolf, Berkeley Churchill, James Nicovich, Jack Girolo, John Clements, Myron Hood, Tom O'Neil
Fall 2010
Puzzle Solvers
048 - solution John Van Eps, Trevor Jones, Al Jimenez, James Nicovich, Kent Morrison, Eric Cramer, Tom O'Neil, Patrick Wheatley, Jack Girolo, Kevin Lamb, Bob Wolf, Matthew Rodrigues
047 - solution John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison, Al Jimenez, James Nicovich, Berkeley Churchill, Jack Girolo, Erica Olavarria, Patrick Wheatley, Casey Kelleher, Bob Wolf, Ben Aurther, Mike Ion, Corinne Warneck
046 - solution John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Lawrence Sze, Berkeley Churchill, Jack Girolo, Jason Lee, Bob Wolf
045 - solution Tom O'Neil, John Van Eps, James Nicovich, Estelle Basor, Matthew Tytel, Bob Wolf
044 - solution Jeremy Kun, Al Jimenez, Allan Boone, John Van Eps, Tom O'Neil, Bob Wolf, Patrick Wheatley, Mattew Tytel, Erica Olavarria, Kent Morrison, James Nicovich, Myron Hood, Jeff Liese, Trevor Jones, Kevin Lamb, Alex Gerber, Jason Lee, Isaac Comelli
043 - solution Tom O'Neil, Allan Boone, Alex Gerber, Myron Hood, John Van Eps, Estelle Basor, Matthew Tytel, James Nicovich, Patrick Wheatley, Jack Girolo
042 - solution Tom O'Neil, Allan Boone, Alex Gerber, John Van Eps, Matthew Tytel, Myron Hood, Bob Wolf

041 - solution

Steve Weinstein, John Van Eps, Berkeley Churchill, Jason Lee, Don Hartig, Staci Pearson, Bob Wolf, Kevin Lamb, Tom O'Neil, Kent Morrison, Al Jimenez, Patrick Wheatley, Myron Hood, Alan Boone

Welcome to Cal Poly's "Puzzle of the Week". On most weeks during each academic quarter I will post a mathematical problem -- these problems can be found above. If you would like to submit a solution to the current puzzle please send it to me before the next week. You can send me an email at sherman1 (followed with @calpoly.edu) or find my contact details on my homepage (link above).

Submissions are welcome from anybody. Complete and correct solvers will be recognized in the weekly email (contact me if you are not on the puzzle email list and would like to be added). See below for an archive of old problems and their solutions.

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