Finding out if a sequence of digits is a “numpad path”
I noticed that several of my old credit cards have verification codes which have an interesting property which I'll call "numpathable".
A numpad is a graph that looks like this:
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Follow-up: I found two identical packs of Skittles, among 468 packs with a total of 27,740 Skittles
This article was discussed on Hacker News, and was cited in The Mathematical Gazette. Introduction This is a follow-up to a post from earlier this year discussing the likelihood of encountering two…
Identical packs of Skittles
Introduction “No two rainbows are the same. Neither are two packs of Skittles. Enjoy an odd mix.” – Skittles label Analyzing packs of Skittles (or sometimes M&Ms) seems to be …