unexpected hanging paradox

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logic puzzles

  • In logic puzzle: The unexpected hanging

    …his forehead was smudged? A final example might be the paradox of the unexpected hanging, a remarkable puzzle that first became known by word of mouth in the early 1940s. One form of the paradox is the following: A prisoner has been sentenced on Saturday. The judge…

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mathematical games

  • Square numbers shown formed from consecutive triangular numbers
    In number game: The unexpected hanging

    …that his forehead was smudged? A final example might be the paradox of the unexpected hanging, a remarkable puzzle that first became known by word of mouth in the early 1940s. One form of the paradox is the following: A prisoner has been sentenced on Saturday. The…

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