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  2. Coin rotation paradox - Wikipedia

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    The outer coin makes two rotations rolling once around the inner coin. The path of a single point on the edge of the moving coin is a cardioid.. The coin rotation paradox is the counter-intuitive math problem that, when one coin is rolled around the rim of another coin of equal size, the moving coin completes not one but two full rotations after going all the way around the stationary coin ...

  3. Stack (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A stack is called a stack in groupoids or a (2,1)-sheaf if it is also fibered in groupoids, meaning that its fibers (the inverse images of objects of C) are groupoids. Some authors use the word "stack" to refer to the more restrictive notion of a stack in groupoids.

  4. Transposition - Wikipedia

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    Transposition, sleight of hand (magic), a performer appears to make two different objects ([usually] coins or cards) switch places with one another faster than physically possible. Transpose, a database of academic journal preprinting policies maintained by ASAPbio

  5. Block-stacking problem - Wikipedia

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    The first nine blocks in the solution to the single-wide block-stacking problem with the overhangs indicated. In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.

  6. Grundy's game - Wikipedia

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    Stacks of coins. Any of these stacks can be split into two stacks of different sizes: once the leftmost stack of three has been split, it can be split no further. Grundy's game is a two-player mathematical game of strategy. The starting configuration is a single heap of objects, and the two players take turn splitting a single heap into two ...

  7. Two keys to an under-construction jail in Nashville went ...

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    On Nov. 2, 1987, he tried to rob The Coin Purse, which sold collectible coins. Einstein walked into the store wearing a wig and fake moustache. He got into a shootout with the store owner.

  8. Balance puzzle - Wikipedia

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    For example, in detecting a dissimilar coin in three weighings (⁠ = ⁠), the maximum number of coins that can be analyzed is ⁠ = ⁠.Note that with ⁠ ⁠ weighings and ⁠ ⁠ coins, it is not always possible to determine the nature of the last coin (whether it is heavier or lighter than the rest), but only that the other coins are all the same, implying that the last coin is the ...

  9. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    In today's puzzle, there are six theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: ZO. CO ...