pirates

Pirates

17 November, 2017 Fun & games in the working 0

The Workings: Today’s divertimento features a pirate who uses mathematics to hide, and then retrieve, his treasure. A good pirate captain had to know enough about the geometry of the sphere to be able to […]

Solution: Pirates

16 November, 2017 Fun & games in the working 1

We now publish our solution to the Pirates divertimento. The divertimento: Legend has it that a pirate sailing ship arrived at a remote island pursued by Spanish galleons, where the captain hid the loot he […]