Puzzler's Elusion by Shasha, Dennis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Introduction Contest Acknowledgements PART I - Rich Guys

The Smuggler and the Merchant The Pirates’ Cantilever Cornering the Market Close Enough Gold in the Balance Perfect Zoning Optimal Farming Smooth As Ice Patton’s Traffic Intersection

PART II - Government

Escalation Dominance Diamond Thieves Jam Session Cruise Control

PART III - Kids

Kate in Paradise Polish Hand Magic What Color Is My Hat? Dinner Shakes Lotus Hopping The Roads of Iguaçú The Cowboy’s Buckets Lying Socks When Did the Last Train Leave? Diamond Dreams Papyrus Math

PART IV - On Faith

What’s Wrong with Baskerhound? Bodyguards for an Ancient Tyrant Election Fraud in Verity Treasure Arrow Warriors of the Rapture The Luck of the 4 Are There Spies? Calculating the Odds Lessons from the Boy Who Cried Wolf Fair Counts

Solutions

SOLUTION TO The Smuggler and the Merchant SOLUTION TO The Pirates’ Cantilever SOLUTION TO Cornering the Market SOLUTION TO Close Enough SOLUTION TO Gold in the Balance SOLUTION TO Perfect Zoning SOLUTION TO Optimal Farming SOLUTION TO Smooth As Ice SOLUTION TO Patton’s Traffic Intersection SOLUTION TO Escalation Dominance SOLUTION TO Diamond Thieves SOLUTION TO Jam Session SOLUTION TO Cruise Control SOLUTION TO Polish Hand Magic SOLUTION TO What Color Is My Hat? SOLUTION TO Dinner Shakes SOLUTION TO Lotus Hopping SOLUTION TO The Roads of Iguaçú SOLUTION TO The Cowboy’s Buckets SOLUTION TO Lying Socks SOLUTION TO When Did the Last Train Leave? SOLUTION TO Diamond Dreams SOLUTION TO Papyrus Math SOLUTION TO Bodyguards for an Ancient Tyrant SOLUTION TO Election Fraud in Verity SOLUTION TO Treasure Arrow SOLUTION TO Warriors of the Rapture SOLUTION TO The Luck of the 4 SOLUTION TO Are There Spies? SOLUTION TO Calculating the Odds SOLUTION TO Fair Counts