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Dropping plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2022

David Hopkins
David Hopkins*
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27 Byron Mews, London NW3 2NQ e-mail: david.k.hopkins@blueyonder.co.uk
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A friend of mine [1] mentioned a problem to me, which he was told had an interesting solution involving an unexpected square root. I have not seen this problem described elsewhere, so I have carried out my own analysis, which I will present here. In fact the solution involves not only square roots, but also higher roots … and a logarithm.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 106 , Issue 566 , July 2022 , pp. 193 - 205
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© The Authors, 2022 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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