3 papers
math.CO2026
Fair Duels after a False Start
Tanya Khovanova, Tejo Madhavarapu
In the fair dueling game, two players take turns shooting at each other, with the turn order defined by the following fairness criterion: the next shot is assigned to the player wh…
math.CO2026
Is There An Ideal Color Wheel?
Tejo Madhavarapu, T. Kyle Petersen, Peter Winkler
The familiar color wheel is a disk divided into six sectors, colored red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, in circular order. Three of the colors can be obtained by blendin…
math.CO2024
The Most Malicious Maître D'
Tejo V. Madhavarapu, T. Kyle Petersen
We revisit the family of "napkin problems" first discussed by Peter Winkler in his 2004 puzzle book and discussed subsequently in several papers. This family of problems involves d…