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This seems like a GREAT problem to suck kids into math and computer science. It’s simple enough to explain to an average 12yo, but has enough depth to still be
by TexanFeller 5y ago
This seems like a GREAT problem to suck kids into math and computer science. It’s simple enough to explain to an average 12yo, but has enough depth to still be vexing them after they complete their maths PhD. And it’s natural motivation for them wanting to learn basic programming so they can test billions of examples.
- mathnerdconj 5y agoI was at the beginning of my highschool years and being a poker nerd I heard about Andrew Beal, an amateur mathematician and poker player. He offered a prize for a proof of Beal's conjecture, I was learning Pascal and decided to write a program to find a counterexample. Searching different optimization techniques I found a blog where a guy was trying to win the prize for his little girl. After some years, in college (CS) I learned that the guy was Peter Norvig. Great rabbithole.