Structural Depth in the 2011 IMO Windmill and Boolos Logic-Puzzle Variant — E8 Intelligence Research
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Authors
- Andrew Stewart Caldin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22701774
- Primary Topic
- Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
- Type
- preprint