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#1 2006-02-24 23:25:50

Jai Ganesh
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Age old question

Dave is younger than Fred and older than Geroge.
Alan is younger than Ian and older than Colin.
Ian is younger than George and older than John.
John is younger than Colin and older than Edward.
Fred is younger than Barry and older than Harry.
Harry is older than Dave.
WHO IS THE YOUNGEST?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#2 2006-02-25 00:18:47

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Re: Age old question


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#3 2006-02-26 19:08:12

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Age old question

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#4 2006-02-27 19:35:03

jU
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Re: Age old question

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#5 2006-02-27 20:00:29

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Age old question

jU,

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6 2006-02-27 20:14:57

jU
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Re: Age old question

thanks

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