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Expert Profile: Surajit Basu

Expertise: I can answer questions which are mathematical, logical, or wordplay related. I am not good at highly creative problems, or riddles.

Experience in the area
I regularly do puzzles, and help out friends, teenagers. I read books written by Martin Gardener. I love the puzzles and Easter eggs in Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach: an enternal golden braid.

Publications
A few examples of my writing: http://surajitbasu.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/04/the-journey-down-the-number-line.htm

Education/Credentials
B. Tech. ( Computer Science), IIT Kanpur, India MBA ( Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management), (Finance, Systems), IIM Calcutta, India

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 300
Knowledge	10.0 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.60 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.00 Excellent
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		1
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		89

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	06/22/08
10	10	10	10	04/08/08
10	10	10	10	03/28/08
10	10	10	10	03/28/08
10	10	10	10	03/20/08

User Comments

thanks a bunch. very helpful :) i can work these problems out myself now i just needed an example and the formula :)
(Cathy on 04/08/08)

This was a duh...I should've seen it right away. Thanks so much...I see it now, and feel kind of dumb that it didn't pop out at me before.
(Linda on 03/28/08)

Thanks for your help. I finally figured out the last one which was "Manhatten Project" if you ever get it again. Thanks again!!
(Kathy on 03/28/08)

Awesome! thanks so much.
(Helena on 03/20/08)

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Recent Answers from Surajit Basu

2008-05-24 career counselling: hmmm this is not the kind of question i expect to answer in this group. i will do my best on this. if you do your MSC WELL, then you can get into many industries and jobs which require complex...

2008-05-15 maths: My son gave me this puzzle to do help. using the numbers 0 to 9 what is the lowest integer that contains each of the numbers once only and can be divided by 2 though to 16 can be divided by 2 though...

2008-04-19 mathlogic puzzle: A little girl sells oranges door to door one day on her rounds. Suppose she had A oranges. .. and equally importantly, you like algebra! She sold 1/2 an orange more than half her oranges to the...

2008-04-15 riddle: take any three on one side; three others on the other side. There are two possibilities: A and B. A) If both are equal, then the remaining two contain the heavier ball. Just weigh these two, the...

2008-04-13 mathlogic puzzle: n one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers but each girl has brothers which are twice of sisters she has then how many brothers and sisters are they?...