Tribute To A Mathemagician

by Cipra ,Barry; Cipra ,Barry

• ISBN13: 9781568812045
• ISBN10: 1568812043
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-10
• Publisher: A. K. Peters

Summary

The tradition of a publication based on the Gathering for Gardner continues with this new carefully selected and edited collection in which Martin Gardner and friends inspire and entertain. The contributors to this volume---virtually a list of Who's Who in the World of Puzzles---trace their inspiration to Martin Gardner's puzzle column in Scientific American and to his contributions to the world of recreational mathematics. Tribute to a Mathemagician contains an author index for the two previous books in the collection of books based on the Gatherings for Gardner. Sample puzzles and games include:Tripos, Black Jack, Chinese ceramic puzzle vessels, Paper folding, Mongolian interlocking puzzles, Rolling block puzzles, Sliding puzzles, Cryptic crosswords, The Panex puzzle, Polyonimo puzzles, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
In Memoriam	xi
Edward Hordern (1941-2000)
James Dalgety	xiii
Edward Hordern-Puzzle Solver Extraordinaire
Dick Hess	xix
Nob Yoshigahara
Jerry Slocum	xxi
Nobuyuki Yoshigahara (1936-2004)	xxxiii
Part I Braintreasures	1	(20)
Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels
Norman L. Sandfield	3	(8)
Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles
Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd	11	(10)
Part II Brainticklers	21	(34)
Fold-and-Cut Magic
Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine	23	(8)
The Three-Legged Hourglass
M. Oskar van Deventer	31	(2)
The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle
Stewart Coffin	33	(4)
The Butler University Game
Rebecca G. Wahl	37	(4)
Vive Recreational Mathematics
Underwood Dudley	41	(8)
Gödelian Puzzles
Raymond Smullyan	49	(6)
Part III Brainteasers	55	(28)
A Bouquet of Brainteasers
Chris Maslanka	57	(6)
Sliding-Coin Puzzles
Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine	63	(10)
Underspecified Puzzles
David Wolfe and Susan Hirshberg	73	(2)
A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner
Robert A. Hearn	75	(6)
Absolute Martin
J. Carey Lauder	81	(2)
Part IV Braintempters	83	(60)
A History of the Ten-Square
A. Ross Eckler	85	(8)
Configuration Games
Jeremiah Farrell. Marti. Gardner. and Thomas Rodgers	93	(8)
BlackJack Stacks
Harold Cataquet	101	(8)
Five Algorithmic Puzzles
Peter Winkler	109	(10)
Polyform Patterns
Ed Pegg, Jr.	119	(8)
Another Pentomino Problem
Solomon W. Golomb	127	(4)
Polyomino Number Theory (III)
Uldis Barbans, Andris Cibulis, Gilbert Lee, Andy Liu, and Robert Wainwright	131	(6)
A Golomb Gallimaufry
Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell, and Thomas Rodgers	137	(6)
Part V Braintaunters	143	(54)
The Panex Puzzle
Mark Manasse, Danny Sleator, Victor K. Wei, and Nick Baxter	145	(18)
Upstart Puzzles
Dennis Shasha	163	(10)
The Complexity of Sliding-Block Puzzles and Plank Puzzles
Robert A. Hearn	173	(12)
Hinged Dissections: Swingers, Twisters, Flappers
Greg N. Frederickson	185	(12)
Part VI Braintools	197	(60)
The Burnside Di-Lemma: Combinatorics and Puzzle Symmetry
Nick Baxter	199	(12)
Designing Puzzles with a Computer
Bill Cutler	211	(12)
Origami Approximate Geometric Constructions
Robert J. Lang	223	(18)
Rolling Block Mazes
M. Oskar van Deventer	241	(10)
Constructing Domino Portraits
Robert Bosch	251	(6)
Index by Author	257