We begin with a seemingly innocent counting question, which came from a collection of problems used to train the USA team for the International Math Olympiad. This is a lesson about the surprising tactics invoked to solve it, and why those tactics are relevant in the broader world of math.
Olympiad level counting
Olympiad level counting
Olympiad level counting
We begin with a seemingly innocent counting question, which came from a collection of problems used to train the USA team for the International Math Olympiad. This is a lesson about the surprising tactics invoked to solve it, and why those tactics are relevant in the broader world of math.