"Revisiting a Number-Theoretic Puzzle: The Census-Taker Problem" by Ian June L Garces

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Revisiting a Number-Theoretic Puzzle: The Census-Taker Problem

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Ian June L Garces, Ateneo de Manila University
Mark L Loyola, Ateneo de Manila University

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

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Mathematics and
Number Theory

Abstract

The current work revisits the results of L.F. Meyers and R. See in [3], and presents the census-taker problem as a motivation to introduce the beautiful theory of numbers.

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Garces, I., & Loyola, M. (2010). Revisiting a Number-Theoretic Puzzle: The Census-Taker Problem. Intersection, 11, 28-38.