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Puzzles: Slot Machines, Zomepirac, Squash, and More

Author(s) -

Barry Nalebuff

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

the journal of economic perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1944-7965

pISSN - 0895-3309

DOI - 10.1257/jep.4.1.179

Subject(s) - squash , las vegas , range (aeronautics) , conjecture , mathematical economics , computer science , artificial intelligence , machine learning , economics , mathematics , combinatorics , law , history , engineering , political science , tourism , archaeology , aerospace engineering

This issue of puzzles can only be described as eclectic. The topics range from medical statistics to TV game shows to Las Vegas slot machines to squash to running around in squares. As usual, most puzzle answers are at the back. However, the first and last puzzles are unsolved. I offer a conjecture for one-the right answer could prove quite valuable. The column ends with a few comments on previous column and reader mail. We continue to award T-shirts for the best new puzzles and most innovative answers. The standards for winning a T-shirt are quite high, but not impossible-the new winners are Avinash Dixit, John Geanakoplos, Dwight Jaffee, and David Lane. Keep sending your answers, comments, favorite puzzles and T-shirt size to me directly: Barry Nalebuff, "Puzzles," Yale School of Organization and Management, Box IA, New Haven, CT 06520.

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