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The ‘Self Santa’ problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Martin Griffiths
Martin Griffiths*
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Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester CO3 3US
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 86 , Issue 507 , November 2002 , pp. 487 - 489
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2002

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