The Beer Coaster Problem

Norbert Herrmann ()
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Norbert Herrmann: Universität Hannover, Institut für Angewandte Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 11 in The Beauty of Everyday Mathematics, 2012, pp 107-118 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Imagine you’re sitting in a cozy pub with your friends over a nice beer. Your glasses are standing on round coasters. All of a sudden, someone takes two coasters away and holds them up. Then, for everyone to see, this person moves the two coasters on top of each other. Just a little bit at first, then more until they are exactly on top of each other, and the person thinks out loud:

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22104-0_11

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