Teaching the Blue-Eyed Islanders Puzzle in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course
Shea S.
2012
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10.1080/10511970.2011.647257
The blue-eyed islanders puzzle is an old and challenging logic puzzle. This is a narrative of an experience introducing a variation of this puzzle on the first day of classes in a liberal arts mathematics course for non-majors. I describe an exercise that was used to facilitate the class's understanding of the puzzle. © 2012 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Blue-eyed islanders puzzle; induction
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