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The ‘Self Santa’ problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Martin Griffiths*
Affiliation:
Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester CO3 3US

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2002

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