Title |
Some Early Topological Puzzles - Part 2 |
Authors |
David Singmaster |
Abstract |
For some time, I considered the 1723-1725 edition of Ozanam's Récréations mathématiques et physiques as the first book to cover topological puzzles in detail and I only knew of a few earlier examples. Ozanam certainly gives many more examples than any previous book. In the last few years, I have discovered some early sources which show several topological puzzles as being considerably older than I previously knew. Here I show them. |
Keywords |
Topological puzzles, The Cherries Puzzle, Six-Piece Burrs |
Milestones |
Published: 2015/09/23 |
Author Details |
David Singmaster zingmast@gmail.com London South Bank University, UK |