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...tten by [[Solomon Golomb]], and is "universally regarded as a classic in [[recreational mathematics]]".{{r|martin}} ...ously published by Golomb in various articles and columns, especially in ''Recreational Mathematics Magazine''.{{r|sutcliffe}} It was originally published by Scrib ...

...{{ISBN|3-540-33782-2}}</ref><ref>[[Andrea Bréard]], "Problems of Pursuit: Recreational Mathematics or Astronomy ?", Yvonne Dold-Samplonius et al. (eds.) From Chin Wang's work influence later Chinese mathematicians, like [[Jia Xian]] and [[Qin Jiushao]] of [[Song dynasty]]. ...

...iece of recreational maths, which will delight non-mathematicians and give mathematicians food for thought."<ref name=guardian>[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2 ...

* Miodrag Petkovic: ''Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians''. AMS, 2009, {{ISBN|9780821848142}}, pp. 14, 30–31 ...s/Singmaster_Vanish_10_21(1_2014)_low.pdf "Vanishing Area Puzzles"]. In: ''Recreational Mathematics Magazine'', no. 1, March 2014 ...

...ion than a problem with a clear mathematical solution.{{r|sesiano}} Beyond recreational mathematics and mathematics education, the story has been repeated as a [[p ...[[recreational mathematics]] literature in the late 19th century. Several mathematicians have formulated different generalizations of the puzzle to numbers other th ...

...have not received much attention from the scientific community. Two famous mathematicians who have contributed to the problem are [[Martin Gardner]] and [[Donald Knu [[Category:Recreational mathematics]] ...

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...l approach, the solution is trivial. The problem has become a staple in [[recreational mathematics]] collections. ...ers.<ref>[http://utenti.quipo.it/base5/introduz/singchro.htm Chronology of Recreational Mathematics by David Singmaster]</ref> That would make progenitor problems ...

...om/2014/01/13/mathematicians-hate-civil-liberties-100-prisoners-100-boxes/ Mathematicians hate civil liberties - 100 prisoners and 100 boxes], 13 January 2014 [[Category:Recreational mathematics]] ...

...|url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprise-computer-science-proof-stuns-mathematicians-20230321/ |access-date= |website=Quanta Magazine |language=en}}</ref> was f These sets can also be applied in [[recreational mathematics]] to a [[mathematical chess problem]] of ...

...making use of the mathematics of potential theory developed by Continental mathematicians. But this paper fell on deaf ears until William Thomson read it, realised i ...ree-body problem]] in particular captured the imagination of many talented mathematicians, whose contributions Whittaker covered in his ''Report''. Whittaker later i ...

...f this type of technique is the [[Balance puzzle|false coin problem]] of [[recreational mathematics]]. In this problem there are ''n'' coins and one of them is fal ...few other things) |book-title=Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians. Seoul, South Korea |url=}}</ref> where time constraints require that only ...