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Mathematical puzzles make up an integral part of recreational mathematics. They have specific rules as domultiplayer games, but they do not usually involve competition between two or more players. Instead, to solve sucha puzzle, the solver must find a solution that satisfies the given conditions. Mathematical puzzles require mathematicsto solve them. Logic puzzles are a common type of mathematical puzzle.
Conway's Game of Life and fractals, as two examples, may also be considered mathematical puzzles even thoughthe solver interacts with them only at the beginning by providing a set of initial conditions. After these conditions areset, the rules of the puzzle determine all subsequent changes and moves. Many of the puzzles are well knownbecause they were discussed by Martin Gardner in his "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American.Mathematical puzzles are sometimes used to motivate students in teaching elementary school math problem solving
techniques.[1]
This list is not complete.
Contents
1 List of mathematical puzzles
1.1 Numbers, arithmetic, and algebra
1.2 Combinatorial
1.3 Analytical or differential1.4 Probability
1.5 Tiling, packing, and dissection
1.6 Involves a board
1.6.1 Chessboard tasks
1.7 Topology, knots, graph theory1.8 Mechanical
1.9 0-player puzzles
2 References
3 External links
List of mathematical puzzles
The following categories are not disjoint;
Numbers, arithmetic, and algebra
Cross-figures or Cross number Puzzle
Dyson numbersFour fours
KenKen
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Feynman Long Division Puzzles
Pirate loot problem
Verbal arithmetics
24 Game
Combinatorial
Cryptograms
Fifteen Puzzle
Kakuro
Rubik's Cube and other sequential movement puzzles
Str8ts a number puzzle based on sequences
Sudoku
Think-a-Dot
Tower of Hanoi
Analytical or differential
Ant on a rubber rope
See also: Zeno's paradoxes
Probability
Monty Hall problem
Tiling, packing, and dissection
Bedlam cube
Conway puzzleMutilated chessboard problem
Packing problemPentominoes tiling
Slothouber–Graatsma puzzleSoma cubeT puzzle
Tangram
Involves a board
Conway's Game of LifeMutilated chessboard problem
Peg solitaireSudoku
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Chessboard tasks
Eight queens puzzle
Knight's TourNo-three-in-line problem
Topology, knots, graph theory
The fields of knot theory and topology, especially their non-intuitive conclusions, are often seen as a part ofrecreational mathematics.
Disentanglement puzzlesSeven Bridges of KönigsbergWater, gas, and electricity
Mechanical
Main article: Mechanical puzzle
Rubik's Cube
Think-a-Dot
0-player puzzles
Conway's Game of LifeFlexagonPolyominoes
References
1. ^ Kulkarni, D. Enjoying Math: Learning Problem Solving With KenKen Puzzles(http://www.matholympiad.info/Documents/TeachingWithKenKen.pdf), A textbook for teaching with KenKenPuzzles.
External links
Historical Math Problems/Puzzles (http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/?
pa=content&sa=browseNode&categoryId=9) at Mathematical Association of America Convergence
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