{"id":231813,"date":"2024-06-13T12:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:13","slug":"mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematicians discover impossible problem in Super Mario games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some problems are harder than others<\/p>\n

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Figuring out whether certain levels in the Super Mario Bros series of video games can be completed before you play them is mathematically impossible, even if you had several years and the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputer<\/a> to hand, researchers have found.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know how to prove that a game is fun, we don\u2019t know what that means mathematically, but we can prove that it\u2019s hard and that maybe gives some insight into why it\u2019s fun,\u201d says Erik Demaine<\/a> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \u201cI like to think of hard as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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