Can ‘u’ solve it? Wordplay meets numberplay
by Alex Bellos from on (#6AVYX)
Mathematical rules for writing
UPDATE: The answers and the prize winner is up here
Today's puzzles celebrate the connections between mathematics and literature.
They also mark the publication of Once Upon a Prime, a terrific new book about these connections, by Sarah Hart, professor of maths at Birkbeck, University of London. (One of the puzzles below gives you the chance to win a copy.)
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