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How to think like a mathematician
The Infinite Monkey Cage
How Long Can You Hold a Sock in a Cup of Tea?
If you could find an equation to solve one problem of living, what is the problem of living you would like to be dealt with? The first question I got is how long to keep an odd sock in the vain hope its sister sock will turn up. So that is the three sock problem there. Why do they have to match anyway? Then you can just include your sock already and not wait. How do we know they're really three socks anyway? Let's set and truck.
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