Is there anything such as "Magazine of Physics problems"?

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The discussion centers on the existence of magazines focused solely on publishing interesting problems and solutions in physics and mathematics, targeting undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. While there is a recognition that good problems are challenging to create, several journals are mentioned that include problem sections or are dedicated to puzzles. Notable examples include the American Mathematical Monthly, College Mathematics Journal, Recreational Mathematics Magazine, and The Games and Puzzles Journal. Additionally, resources like the American Journal of Physics provide collections of problems from various issues. The conversation highlights the limited availability of dedicated publications but points to existing journals that incorporate problem-solving content.
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The question is on the title. I was just thinking if exist some magazine on physics and maths whose only focus is to publish interesting problems and solutions?
 
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Interesting to whom?
 
Vanadium 50 said:
Interesting to whom?
Undergraduate students? Maybe master and doctoral students too.
 
There are not that many novel problems. Jearl Walker's Xeroxed spiral bound version of "The Flying Circus of Physics" circulated when I was in Grad School. Good questions are as difficult to compound as good answers.
 
LCSphysicist said:
Undergraduate students? Maybe master and doctoral students too.
That's a pretty broad audience. I can't see how that would work even in theory.
 
From Googling...
(in no particular order... you'll have to judge the quality for yourself)

Some might have some columns or sections in each issue devoted to problems or puzzles.
Some might be entirely problems or puzzles.
While there are certainly books with problems or puzzles, this list only covers journals.

American Mathematical Monthly https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/american-mathematical-monthly
College Mathematics Journal https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/college-mathematics-journal/the-college-mathematics-journal
Recreational Mathematics Magazine https://sciendo.com/journal/RMM
The Games and Puzzles Journal https://www.mayhematics.com/j/j.htm

https://www.aapt.org/Publications/AJP/Readers/back_of_the_envelope.cfm (these were collected from various issues of the American Journal of Physics... they did not appear in the journal in the format given in this set of pdfs.. here is an example from the journal: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.4755909?journalCode=ajp )

More places to look: https://recreationalphysics.com/physics-questions/
 
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