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Welcome to our monthly puzzles

You are cordially invited to match wits with some of the best minds in IBM Research.

Seems some of us can't see a problem without wanting to take a crack at solving it. Does that sound like you? Good. Forge ahead and ponder this month's problem. We'll post a new one every month, and allow two to three weeks for you to submit solutions (we may even publish submitted answers, especially if they're correct). We won't reply individually to submitted solutions but every few days we will update a list of people who answered correctly. Towards the end of the month, we'll post the answer.

So give your mind a break from its routine---you never know what other problems you may solve in the process!

The current puzzlemaster is James B. Shearer. He took over from the original puzzlemaster, Don Coppersmith, in October 2005. Starting August 2007, Oded Margalit joined as a co-puzzlemaster every third month.

If you have any problems you think we might enjoy, please send them in. All replies should be sent to: webmaster@watson.ibm.com

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