Amusements In Mathematics

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Author

Dudeney, Henry Ernest, 1857-1930

Title

Amusements in Mathematics

Credits

Produced by Stephen Schulze, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QA: Science: Mathematics

Subject

Puzzles

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16713

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16713

Release Date

September 17, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMUSEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS — by
2. 2.HENRY ERNEST DUDENEY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — AMUSEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS.
5. 5.ARITHMETICAL AND ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS.
6. 6.MONEY PUZZLES.
7. 7.AGE AND KINSHIP PUZZLES.
8. 8.CLOCK PUZZLES.
9. 9.LOCOMOTION AND SPEED PUZZLES.
10. 10.DIGITAL PUZZLES.
11. 11.VARIOUS ARITHMETICAL AND ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS.
12. 12.GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS.
13. 13.DISSECTION PUZZLES.
14. 14.GREEK CROSS PUZZLES.
15. 15.VARIOUS DISSECTION PUZZLES.
16. 16.PATCHWORK PUZZLES.
17. 17.VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL PUZZLES.
18. 18.POINTS AND LINES PROBLEMS.
19. 19.MOVING COUNTER PROBLEMS.
20. 20.UNICURSAL AND ROUTE PROBLEMS.
21. 21.COMBINATION AND GROUP PROBLEMS.
22. 22.CHESSBOARD PROBLEMS.
23. 23.THE CHESSBOARD.
24. 24.STATICAL CHESS PUZZLES.
25. 25.THE GUARDED CHESSBOARD. — NON-ATTACKING CHESSBOARD ARRANGEMENTS. — THE TWO PIECES PROBLEM.
26. 26.DYNAMICAL CHESS PUZZLES.
27. 27.VARIOUS CHESS PUZZLES.
28. 28.MEASURING, WEIGHING, AND PACKING PUZZLES.
29. 29.CROSSING RIVER PROBLEMS
30. 30.PROBLEMS CONCERNING GAMES.
31. 31.PUZZLE GAMES.
32. 32.MAGIC SQUARE PROBLEMS.
33. 33.SUBTRACTING, MULTIPLYING, AND DIVIDING MAGICS.
34. 34.MAGIC SQUARES OF PRIMES.
35. 35.MAZES AND HOW TO THREAD THEM.
36. 36.THE PARADOX PARTY.
37. 37.UNCLASSIFIED PROBLEMS.
38. 38.SOLUTIONS.
39. 39.INDEX.
40. 40.THE END.

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