Teaching the Blue-Eyed Islanders Puzzle in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course

• Autores: Stephen M. Shea
• Localización: Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies, ISSN 1051-1970, Vol. 22, Nº. 7, 2012, págs. 538-544
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2011.647257
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• Resumen

  • 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.