This issue opens with a witty exposé on Nicolas Bourbaki, the fictional mathematician whose collective genius reshaped 20th-century math through a prank that turned into a movement. The Problem Arena features three advanced mathematical challenges involving integration(hint?), limits, and polynomial subspaces, while the Enigma Box explores a beautifully invariant energy puzzle faced by Dr. Doom.
Compiled by — Aadi Upraity, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Edit: In solution of P2 of the previous issue, we missed the case where g(x) = 0 at x = 69 however, since sin19(69) – cos26(69) ≠ 0, we still have only 22 solutions.