A Dozen Hat Problems

• Published in 2009
• Added on 2016-04-12

Hat problems are all the rage these days, proliferating on various web sites and generating a great deal of conversation—and research—among mathematicians and students. But they have been around for quite a while in different forms.

Comment

Also known as prisoner puzzles

Links

• http://intranet.math.vt.edu/people/brown/doc/dozen_hats.pdf

Other information

BibTeX entry

@article{item59,
	key = {item59},
	type = {article},
	title = {A Dozen Hat Problems},
	author = {Ezra Brown and James Tanton},
	abstract = {Hat problems are all the rage these days, proliferating on various web sites and generating a great deal of conversation—and research—among mathematicians
and students. But they have been around for quite a while in different forms.},
	comment = {Also known as prisoner puzzles},
	date_added = {2016-04-12},
	date_published = {2009-07-10},
	urls = {http://intranet.math.vt.edu/people/brown/doc/dozen{\_}hats.pdf},
	collections = {games-to-play-with-friends,protocols-and-strategies,puzzles},
	url = {http://intranet.math.vt.edu/people/brown/doc/dozen{\_}hats.pdf},
	urldate = {2016-04-12},
	year = 2009
}