How Many Dominoes is the Least?

WITH Cyril taking the art of domino toppling to its limits, many people have questioned how far the sport can go while still being recognisable as domino toppling. We contacted the late mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell to ask “What is the least number of dominoes it is possible to topple?” “How many dominoes is the least number you can topple? It’s a question as old as time itself. You may think that the answer is 2 dominoes, and you may be correct. But take one away and you have 1 domino, a smaller number than 2. Taken to its logical conclusion, this would mean that zero dominoes is the smallest number it is possible to topple. But do dominoes cease to be dominoes when there are none of them? If…

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Viz (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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