Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

This was really great fun. I took some number of hours trying to fit arithmetic formulae for series and sequences, coming up with complicated rules to get the number of petals around the rose.

Finally, reading the blog post carefully gave me enought insight to crack it open!

And as I sit here in the middle of the night, smug in the knowledge that I am part of this fraternity, I marvel at the brilliance of the inventor. Such a simple thing hidden in so much complexity.

Truly, it is a lesson in problem solving. Look for simpler solutions to your problems.