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Type of puzzle
Mathematical puzzles make up an integral part of recreational mathematics. They have specific rules, but they do not usually involve competition between
Mathematical_puzzle
Problem or enigma that tests a person's ingenuity
study of puzzles is called enigmatology. Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment, but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logical
Puzzle
Form of entertainment in mathematics
rock. Mathematical puzzles require mathematics in order to solve them. They have specific rules, as do multiplayer games, but mathematical puzzles do not
Recreational_mathematics
Mathematical puzzle
The nine dots puzzle is a mathematical puzzle whose task is to connect nine squarely arranged points with a pen by four (or fewer) straight lines without
Nine_dots_puzzle
Mathematical puzzle
The 17-animal inheritance puzzle is a mathematical puzzle involving unequal but fair allocation of indivisible goods, usually stated in terms of inheritance
17-animal_inheritance_puzzle
Puzzle deriving from the mathematical field of deduction
A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematical field of deduction. The logic puzzle was first produced by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is better
Logic_puzzle
Mathematical puzzle
Tumbler Puzzle, also known as the Ten Billion Barrel in English and originally tenbirion (テンビリオン) in Japanese, is a mathematical and mechanical puzzle. It
Nintendo_Tumbler_Puzzle
Mathematical puzzle game
sometimes pluralized as Towers, or simply the pyramid puzzle) is a mathematical game or puzzle consisting of three rods and a number of disks of various
Tower_of_Hanoi
Lock puzzle Logic puzzle Magic square Mahjong solitaire Matchstick puzzle Mathematical puzzle Merkle's Puzzles Minus Cube Morpion solitaire N-puzzle National
List_of_puzzle_topics
Mathematical problem set on a chessboard
Village, the 130th puzzle: "Too Many Queens 5" (クイーンの問題5) is an eight queens puzzle. Costas array Mathematical game Mathematical puzzle No-three-in-line
Eight_queens_puzzle
Mathematical puzzle
Rope-burning puzzles are a class of mathematical puzzle in which one is given lengths of rope or fuses that each burn for a given amount of time, and matches
Rope-burning_puzzle
Mathematical puzzle
pouring puzzles (also called water jug problems, decanting problems, measuring puzzles, or Die Hard with a Vengeance puzzles) are a class of puzzle involving
Water_pouring_puzzle
Type of puzzle game
solving puzzles inspired by recent developments in mathematical research PEA Puzzle Hunt, a puzzle hunt at Phillips Exeter Academy Puzzlepalooza, a puzzle hunt
Puzzle_hunt
Dissection puzzle
certain shapes. Mathematics portal Tangram (video game) Egg of Columbus (tangram puzzle) Mathematical puzzle Ostomachion Tiling puzzle Attribute blocks
Tangram
Mathematical puzzle of avoiding crossings
utilities problem, also known as water, gas and electricity, is a mathematical puzzle that asks for non-crossing connections to be drawn between three
Three_utilities_problem
Physical puzzle game played by a team of players
known as an escape game, puzzle room, exit game, or riddle room, is a game in which a team of players discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks
Escape_room
1907 mathematical puzzle book by Henry Dudeney
Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems is a 1907 mathematical puzzle book by Henry Dudeney. The first part of the book features a series of puzzles based
The_Canterbury_Puzzles
This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information
List_of_impossible_puzzles
Sliding puzzle with fifteen pieces and one space
The 15 puzzle (also called Gem Puzzle, Boss Puzzle, Game of Fifteen, Mystic Square and more) is a sliding puzzle. It has 15 square tiles numbered 1 to
15_puzzle
Mathematical puzzle
Four fours is a mathematical puzzle, the goal of which is to find the simplest mathematical expression for every whole number from 0 to some maximum,
Four_fours
Mathematical puzzle
String girdling Earth is a mathematical puzzle with a counterintuitive solution. In a version of this puzzle, string is tightly wrapped around the equator
String_girdling_Earth
Mathematics of number-placement puzzle
Mathematics can be used to study Sudoku puzzles to answer questions such as "How many filled Sudoku grids are there?", "What is the minimal number of
Mathematics_of_Sudoku
Natural number
largest single-digit number in the decimal system. The nine dots puzzle is a mathematical puzzle whose task is to connect nine squarely arranged points with
9
Computer algorithm used in Internet communication
to correctly solve a mathematical puzzle before establishing a connection, if the server is under attack. After solving the puzzle, the client would return
Client_Puzzle_Protocol
American chess player, composer, puzzle author and mathematician (1841-1911)
Puzzles (ISBN 0-486-22011-7) Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd (ISBN 0-486-20498-7): selected and edited by Martin Gardner More Mathematical Puzzles of
Sam_Loyd
Puzzles solved by mechanical manipulation
A combination puzzle, also known as a sequential move puzzle, is a puzzle which consists of a set of pieces which can be manipulated into different combinations
Combination_puzzle
English author and mathematician (1857–1930)
who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the foremost creators of mathematical puzzles. Dudeney was born in the
Henry_Dudeney
Works of American writer (1914–2010)
Schuster Mathematical Carnival (1975), Vintage Books. Mathematical Magic Show (1977), Vintage. Mathematical Circus (1979), Vintage. Science Fiction Puzzle Tales
Martin_Gardner_bibliography
Mathematical puzzle
also known as the three cup challenge and other variants, is a mathematical puzzle that, in its most common form, cannot be solved. In the beginning
Three_cups_problem
Puzzle of reconstructing equations that have been enciphered into words
cryptarithmetic, cryptarithm or word addition, is a type of mathematical game consisting of a mathematical equation among unknown numbers, whose digits are represented
Verbal_arithmetic
Mnemonic technique for memorizing long strings of numbers
book The First Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions (just Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions in the UK edition), which has
Mnemonic_major_system
Topics referred to by the same term
(installation), a 2013 glazed ceramic installation by Tim Ryan Balance (puzzle), a mathematical puzzle "Balance", a poem by Patti Smith from the book kodak BALANCE
Balance
American mathematician
7, 1963) is an expert on mathematical puzzles and is a self-described recreational mathematician. He wrote an online puzzle column called Ed Pegg Jr.'s
Ed_Pegg_Jr.
Logic-based number-placement puzzle
Sudoku puzzle. French newspapers featured similar puzzles in the 19th century, and the modern form of the puzzle first appeared in 1979 puzzle books by
Sudoku
1995 video game
Diabolical Digits is a mathematical puzzle video game designed by French puzzle master Pierre Berloquin and developed by Créalude for Windows and Macintosh
Diabolical_Digits
River crossing puzzle
The wolf, goat, and cabbage problem is a river crossing puzzle. It dates back to at least the 9th century AD from a manuscript by Alcuin of York, and has
Wolf, goat and cabbage problem
Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem
Dialogue by Plato
a body. Socrates demonstrates recollection in action by posing a mathematical puzzle to one of Meno's slaves. Subsequently, Socrates and Meno return to
Meno
British peer (born 1952)
his invention of the mathematical puzzle Eternity. Early on in his public speaking career topics centred on his mathematical puzzle and conservative politics
Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
Christopher_Monckton,_3rd_Viscount_Monckton_of_Brenchley
2013 film by James Ward Byrkit
this one – the movie becomes slightly too much like an unfolding mathematical puzzle, although an ingenious one that reaches a chilling conclusion. Notes
Coherence_(film)
On domino tiling after removing two corners
problem. In the philosophy of mathematics, it has been examined in studies of the nature of mathematical proof. The puzzle is impossible to complete. A
Mutilated_chessboard_problem
Logic puzzle
question reveals its hidden mathematical clues, especially when the solver lists down all the possible outcomes. This puzzle illustrates the importance
Ages_of_Three_Children_puzzle
Natural number
tip of a regular pentagram. The thirty-six officers problem is a mathematical puzzle with no solution. The number of possible outcomes (not summed) in
36_(number)
Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013)
books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. She wrote the book The World of Homosexuals (1977)
Shakuntala_Devi
1960 article by Eugene Wigner
Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" was the title of the 1959 Richard Courant Lecture in Mathematical Sciences, delivered at New
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences
Topics referred to by the same term
4444 may refer to: 4444 Escher, a main-belt asteroid Four fours, a mathematical puzzle The Fours, a New Brunswick, New Jersey–based rock group ProRes 4444
4444
Tiling puzzle where pieces can be assembled in different ways
A dissection puzzle, also called a transformation puzzle or Richter puzzle, is a tiling puzzle where a set of pieces can be assembled in different ways
Dissection_puzzle
Puzzle requiring thought to solve
mathematician Archimedes. He devised mathematical problems for his contemporaries to solve. A brain teaser may be a mathematical puzzle: Q: If three men can dig three
Brain_teaser
Hiking route in Bristol, UK
a mathematical puzzle which laid the foundation for graph theory, the mathematical study of networks. The walk presents a solution of the puzzle for
Bristol_Bridges_Walk
Mathematics problem
The ant on a rubber rope is a mathematical puzzle with a solution that appears counterintuitive or paradoxical. It is sometimes given as a worm, or inchworm
Ant_on_a_rubber_rope
American foundation
The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) is a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge. It was established
Clay_Mathematics_Institute
Logic puzzle
puzzles are logic puzzles, which are examples of multi-agent reasoning, where the solution evolves along with the principle of induction. A puzzle's scenario
Induction_puzzles
Field of knowledge
Lists of mathematics topics Mathematical constant Mathematical sciences Mathematics and art Mathematics education Philosophy of mathematics Relationship
Mathematics
Video game genre
video games owe their origins to brain teasers and puzzles throughout human history. The mathematical strategy game Nim, and other traditional thinking
Puzzle_video_game
Puzzle involving the arrangement of matchsticks
to achieve some specific other arrangement. The puzzles may ask the solver to alter some mathematical equation, often with numbers represented as Roman
Matchstick_puzzle
Non-fiction book by Simon Singh
of mathematics, number theory and logic", The Guardian. Penrose, Roger (November 30, 1997), "Q.E.D. How to solve the greatest mathematical puzzle of your
Fermat's_Last_Theorem_(book)
Topics referred to by the same term
an Argentine film Puzzle (2014 film), a Japanese film Puzzle (2018 film), an American film 15 puzzle, a mathematical sliding puzzle game with many variations
Puzzle_(disambiguation)
Mathematical puzzle
The monkey and the coconuts is a mathematical puzzle in the field of Diophantine analysis that originated in a short story involving five sailors and
The_monkey_and_the_coconuts
Optical illusion
their explanations were not. The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical
Vanishing_puzzle
Japanese puzzler (1936–2004)
programmer who used computers to help solve mathematical puzzles. Nob was an active participant in the International Puzzle Party, traveling the world to attend
Nob_Yoshigahara
Branch of the mathematical field of graph theory
edges intersecting. A basic embedding problem often presented as a mathematical puzzle is the three utilities problem. Other applications can be found in
Topological_graph_theory
Simple mechanical puzzles using topology
Disentanglement puzzles (also called entanglement puzzles, tanglement puzzles, tavern puzzles or topological puzzles) are a type or group of mechanical puzzle that
Disentanglement_puzzle
Assembly puzzle named after Dean Hoffman
Hoffman's packing puzzle is an assembly puzzle named after Dean G. Hoffman, who described it in 1978. The puzzle consists of 27 identical rectangular cuboids
Hoffman's_packing_puzzle
UK charity
are: Junior Mathematical Challenge (UK year 8/S2 and below) Intermediate Mathematical Challenge (UK year 11/S4 and below) Senior Mathematical Challenge
United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
United_Kingdom_Mathematics_Trust
Edge-matching puzzle
The Eternity II puzzle (E2 or E II) is an edge-matching puzzle launched on 28 July 2007. It was developed by Christopher Monckton and marketed and copyrighted
Eternity_II_puzzle
American mathematician
research mathematician, author of books on mathematical puzzles and of more than 130 research papers in mathematics and patent holder in a broad range of applications
Peter_Winkler
Russian mathematician and educator
for his popular science books and mathematical puzzles. He is the author of over 70 books and popular mathematics articles. Kordemsky was born in Kiknur
Boris_Kordemsky
Shape with four equal sides and angles
three-dimensional integer lattice are called polyominoids. A common mathematical puzzle involves counting the squares of all sizes in a square grid of n
Square
Study of how cryptographic tokens create economic value
as miners (people who find Bitcoin by using algorithms to solve mathematical puzzles) keep mining Bitcoins, the amount of Bitcoins increases and the purchasing
Tokenomics
Type of lottery where products are awarded as prizes
skill testing question such as solving an elementary-school-level mathematical puzzle, or answering a simple general knowledge question, making it (in
Sweepstake
Game defined by mathematical parameters
combinatorial game theory. Mathematical games differ sharply from mathematical puzzles in that mathematical puzzles require specific mathematical expertise to complete
Mathematical_game
Three-dimensional packing problem
Guy: winning ways for your mathematical plays, 2nd ed, vol. 4, 2004. The Conway puzzle in Stewart Coffin's "The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections"
Conway_puzzle
Season of television series
very methodical," he said about plotting Broadchurch. "It's like a mathematical puzzle where you put all these blocks together and move them around for
Broadchurch_series_2
Impossible puzzle in graph theory
Scientific American book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, New York: Simon and Schuster Jacobs, Harold R. (1970), Mathematics / A Human Endeavor, W.H
Five-room_puzzle
Variety of storylike logic puzzle of apparent antinomy
information provided. Maurice Kraitchik presents the same puzzle in the 1953 book Mathematical Recreations, where two groups on a remote island – the Arbus
Knights_and_Knaves
Museum in De Brekken Joure, Netherlands
The Puzzle Museum is a museum in Joure in The Netherlands. It can be visited by appointment. The museum features 50,000 Mathematical puzzles, brain teasers
Puzzle_Museum
Square array with symbols that each occur once per row and column
example of a 3 × 3 Latin square is The name "Latin square" was inspired by mathematical papers by Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who used Latin characters as symbols
Latin_square
English logician and former investment banker
Slaman applying reverse mathematics to Ramsey's theorem. He also proposed the so-called "Seetapun Enigma", a mathematical puzzle that was not solved until
David_Seetapun
Manner of solving problems
complex problems. Philosophy portal Psychology portal Nine dots puzzle – Mathematical puzzle Derailment (thought disorder) – Thought disorder in psychiatry
Lateral_thinking
1938 novel by Júlio César de Mello e Souza
of tales in the style of the Arabian Nights, but revolving around mathematical puzzles and curiosities. The book is ostensibly a translation by Brazilian
The_Man_Who_Counted
Three-dimensional packing problem
Winning ways for your mathematical plays, 2nd ed, vol. 4, 2004. The Slothouber-Graatsma puzzle in Stewart Coffin's "The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections"
Slothouber–Graatsma_puzzle
Arithmetical puzzle
The 24 puzzle is an arithmetical puzzle in which the objective is to find a way to manipulate four integers so that the end result is 24. For example,
24_(puzzle)
k) and a variant of the Tower of Hanoi problem" (PDF). Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal. 47 (1): 95–104. doi:10.1023/A:1022444205860. Hinz, Andreas M
Sierpiński_graph
Communally-attributed mathematical results
In common mathematical parlance, a mathematical result is called folklore if it is an unpublished result with no clear originator, but which is well-circulated
Mathematical_folklore
American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)
Mystery (1956), was about mathematically based magic tricks. Mathematical magic tricks were often featured in his "Mathematical Games" column–for example
Martin_Gardner
Classic problem in graph theory
The Seven Bridges of Königsberg is a historical puzzle asking for a walking tour through the bridges of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) where
Seven_Bridges_of_Königsberg
Puzzle invented by Sam Loyd in 1858
Martin (1959). "Chapter 9: Sam Loyd: America's Greatest Puzzlist". Mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster. p. 95. "Four Interlaced
Famous_Trick_Donkeys
British mathematician (1938–2023)
emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank University, England. He had a huge personal collection of mechanical puzzles and books of brain teasers
David_Singmaster
Seven mathematical problems with a US$1 million prize for each solution
Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Each of the problems has a prize
Millennium_Prize_Problems
Optical illusion
The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures; or rather to teach them
Missing_square_puzzle
British crime drama TV series, 2013–2017
very methodical," he said about plotting Broadchurch. "It's like a mathematical puzzle where you put all these blocks together and move them around for
Broadchurch
Type of logic puzzle
カックロ) is a kind of logic puzzle that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. Kakuro puzzles are regular features in many
Kakuro
Algorithm for solving a puzzle or game in the fewest possible moves
ways to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle, but which can also be applied to other combinatorial puzzles and mathematical games. It refers to any algorithm
God's_algorithm
American mathematician (born 1950)
history. In 1998, he started Ponder This, an online monthly column on mathematical puzzles and problems. In October 2005, the column was taken over by James
Don_Coppersmith
Logic puzzle
four glasses puzzle, also known as the blind bartender's problem, is a logic puzzle first publicised by Martin Gardner in his "Mathematical Games" column
Four_glasses_puzzle
Puzzle in Douglas Hofstadter's book "Gödel, Escher, Bach"
The MU puzzle is a puzzle stated by Douglas Hofstadter and found in Gödel, Escher, Bach involving a simple formal system called "MIU". Hofstadter's motivation
MU_puzzle
37 Martin's Lane London WC at 3pm. The meeting was chaired by the mathematical puzzle expert Henry Ernest Dudeney who was chairman of the Sussex Chess
British_Chess_Problem_Society
Traditional puzzle game
analysis conducted by the mathematically trained puzzle designer Bill Cutler which was published by Martin Gardner in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific
Burr_puzzle
Sliding block puzzle
Klotski (from Polish: klocki, lit. 'wooden blocks') is a sliding block puzzle thought to have originated in the early 20th century. The name may refer
Klotski
American mathematician (1835–1918)
Martin was a prolific contributor of problems and solutions to mathematical puzzle columns in popular magazines beginning at the age of 18 in the Pittsburgh
Artemas_Martin
Clifford algebra Real K-theory Recreational mathematics the area dedicated to mathematical puzzles and mathematical games. Recursion theory see computability
Glossary of areas of mathematics
Glossary_of_areas_of_mathematics
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English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Colden, from Old English cald ‘cold’ col ‘charcoal’ + denu ‘valley’.English and Scottish : variant of Cowden.Cadwallader Colden (1688–1778), physician, botanist, and mathematician, who for fifteen years was lieutenant-governor of New York colony, was born in Dalkeith, Scotland.
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Telugu
An Astrologer; Mathematician
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Puzzle
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Mathematician
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One who Calculates; Astrologer; Mathematician
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Australian, Vietnamese
Complete; Mathematics
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Mathematician
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Tamil
Mathematician
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Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Puzzle; Flower; Question; God
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