Proofs Without Words: Game of Parts

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Abstract

Summary: We motivate why a certain partitioning game is independent of strategy and always yields the triangle number (Formula presented.) number of points.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)428
Number of pages1
JournalCollege Mathematics Journal
Volume55
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Mathematical Association of America.

Funding

The author thanks Einar Steingr\u00EDmsson for introducing him to this game. This work was partially supported by grants from the Simons Foundation (#429370 and #854548 to Richard Ehrenborg).

FundersFunder number
Simons Foundation854548, 429370

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Mathematics
    • Education

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