11# Coffin problems
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3- This project catalogues the so-called _ Coffin problems_ :
4- mathematical problems that in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
3+ _ Coffin problems_ are mathematical problems that in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
54were administered at the entrance examinations of some Soviet universities
65for the purpose of preventing the enrolment of applicants who were deemed undesirable,
76category which mainly included people of Jewish descent.
87The problems were given at the oral exams to the 'undesirable' candidates.
98
10- This repository's goal is to exhaustively catalogue these problems, and to provide solutions.
11- Some problems also admit interesting generalisations, which are also catalogued .
9+ The goal of this project is to exhaustively catalogue these problems, and to provide solutions.
10+ Some problems also admit interesting generalisations, which are also collected, separately .
1211
1312For historical information on the topic, consult the [ historical references] ( #additional-references ) .
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1514
1615## Download
1716
18- <!--
19- > [!NOTE]
20- > Solutions have not yet been written for all problems.
21- -->
22-
2317Download in PDF format:
2418<h3 align =" center " >
2519 <a href =" https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins.pdf " download >
@@ -58,8 +52,6 @@ The same are also available for the **generalisations of the problems**:
5852| Solutions | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_solutions.pdf ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_solutions_minimal.pdf ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_solutions-mathml.epub ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_solutions-svg.epub ) |
5953| Problems and solutions | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_problems_and_solutions.pdf ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_problems_and_solutions_minimal.pdf ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_problems_and_solutions-mathml.epub ) | [ Download] ( https://coffinproblems.github.io/coffins/coffins_generalised_problems_and_solutions-svg.epub ) |
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6355
6456## Status
6557
@@ -152,9 +144,6 @@ or change `$pdf_mode = 4` to `$pdf_mode = 1` in the `latexmkrc` file (located in
152144
153145### Generate ebook
154146
155- > [ !WARNING]
156- > ebook generation is currently not reliable.
157-
158147> [ !NOTE]
159148> The following instructions utilize the [ ` tex4ebook ` ] ( https://github.com/michal-h21/tex4ebook ) command,
160149> which is generally already included with TeX distributions.
@@ -166,7 +155,7 @@ For generating an ebook in `EPUB3` format, run this command from within the `src
166155tex4ebook --build-dir ../build_epub3 --output-dir ../output -f epub3 main.tex mathml
167156```
168157This generates the document in ` EPUB ` version 3, with mathematical notation encoded in the ` MathML ` format.
169- > [ !IMPORTANT ]
158+ > [ !NOTE ]
170159> The ` MathML ` -encoded results are currently broken:
171160> the generated documents have incomplete formulas, and messed up text and formatting.
172161> Encoding Maths content as ` svg ` or ` png ` produces more usable results,
@@ -210,15 +199,15 @@ They are identified by the following keywords:
210199
211200- ` NOSOLUTIONS ` : to not print the solutions
212201- ` ONLYSOLUTIONS ` : to only print the solutions
213- > [ !WARNING ]
202+ > [ !NOTE ]
214203> Setting both ` NOSOLUTIONS ` and ` ONLYSOLUTIONS ` will result in an empty document.
215204
216205- ` NOSOURCES ` : to omit printing the sources at each problem statement
217206
218207- ` NOREFS ` : to omit printing any references (automatically sets ` NOSOURCES ` as well)
219208- ` MOREREFS ` : to print additional references for further reading (at the end of the document, after the main references)
220209- ` FORUMREFS ` : to print references to user discussions (at the end of the document, after the other references)
221- - ` MERGEREFS ` : to print the references all toghether instead of separating them in distinct lists
210+ - ` MERGEREFS ` : to print the references all together instead of separating them in distinct lists
222211> [ !NOTE]
223212> ` NOREFS ` overrides ` MOREREFS ` and ` FORUMREFS ` .
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@@ -239,11 +228,11 @@ at the end of the `tex4ebook` command, like this:
239228``` shell
240229tex4ebook --build-dir ../build_ebook_svg --output-dir ../output -f epub -e main.tex svg " " " " ' \\def\\OPTION{} \\def\\OPTION{}'
241230```
242- > [ !IMPORTANT ]
231+ > [ !WARNING ]
243232> Make sure to enclose the string of options in single quotes,
244233> or escape the backslashes if using double quotes: ` "\\\\def\\\\OPTION{} \\\\def\\\\OPTION{}" ` .
245- > Make sure that the string containing the options is the fifth positional argument;
246- > if omitting the ` svg ` or ` png ` or ` mathml ` argument, then an extra empty string ` "" ` is needed in its place.
234+ > Make sure that the string containing the options is the fifth positional argument of the command:
235+ > if omitting the ` svg ` / ` png ` / ` mathml ` argument, then an extra empty string ` "" ` is needed in its place.
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