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I should be doing analysis if I'm doing maths, but I've become obsessed by colouring problems. I'm determined to find a general algorithm.

The problem involves a lot of subtleties; take, for example a hexagon, how many ways are there to divide it into 2, 3, 4, 6, equal areas, can we divide into 5? Are primes involved here?

For the first time in ages I'm working at something for myself, and working at maths with a view to writing a programme. This is good.

I won't manage this, but sometimes the exercise is more important than the result. And in the back of my head I'm thinking solitaire.