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The Holey Square Family
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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One of the simplest geometric
paradoxes with vanishing areas was described by Martin
Gardner in his classic book, Mathematics, Magic and
Mystery, in 1956. The paradox is more than two
centuries old, but it still attracts attention of
puzzlers, mathematicians, and magicians. And that is why
there are dozens of different variations based on its
principle... |
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The Tangramion |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This is a new assembling puzzle
consisting of seven two-sided tiles which initially form
a perfect square. Using all the seven tiles, you can
solve different challenges both entertaining and
cognitive... |
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Loyd, Dudeney and... Galactic Takeover |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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It's amusing to see how things that
were interesting to puzzlers many decades ago look fresh
and attractive today. Of course, they were presented in
a somewhat different manner, but their core is still
appealing to their solvers... |
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How to Outwit the Parity |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Everyone who has ever tried to
solve Loyd's "14-15" puzzle very soon felt some
invisible force that prevents to solve the puzzle. And
this force is so stubborn, so strong that one might
continue attempts to eternity without success. The name
of this force is the Parity... |
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Two Oval Stools to a Table |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This well-known, classic puzzle
with transformation of two oval stools into a circular
table top has long and interesting history. More than
180 years ago, in 1821, John Jackson posed in his book
Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings a puzzle
how to transform a circle into two hollow ovals... |
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Updated: September 29, 2011
Posted: August 16, 2005 |
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