تقدیم به یک ریاضی‌دان جادوگر

The tradition of a publication based on the Gathering for Gardner continues with this new carefully selected and edited collection in which Martin Gardner and friends inspire and entertain. The contributors to this volume—virtually a list of Who’s Who in the World of Puzzles—trace their inspiration to Martin Gardner’s puzzle column in Scientific American and to his contributions to the world of recreational mathematics. Tribute to a Mathemagician contains an author index for the two previous books in the collection of books based on the Gatherings for Gardner. Sample puzzles and games include: - Tripos - Black Jack - Chinese ceramic puzzle vessels - Paper folding - Mongolian interlocking puzzles - Rolling block puzzles - Sliding puzzles - Cryptic crosswords - The Panex puzzle - Polyonimo puzzles - and more Title page ......Page 1 Date-line ......Page 2 Contents ......Page 3 Preface ......Page 7 Edward Hordern (1941-2000). James Dalgety ......Page 9 Edward Hordern—Puzzle Solver Extraordinaire. Dick Hess ......Page 15 Nob Yoshigahara. Jerry Slocum ......Page 17 Nobuyuki Yoshigahara (1936-2004) ......Page 29 Part I Braintreasures ......Page 38 Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels. Norman L. Sandfield ......Page 40 Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles. Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd ......Page 48 Part II Brainticklers ......Page 58 Fold-and-Cut Magic. Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine ......Page 60 The Three-Legged Hourglass. M. Oskar van Deventer ......Page 68 The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle. Stewart Coffin ......Page 70 The Butler University Game. Rebecca G. Wahl ......Page 74 Vive Recreational Mathematics. Underwood Dudley ......Page 78 Godelian Puzzles. Raymond Smullyan ......Page 86 Part III Brainteasers ......Page 92 A Bouquet of Brainteasers. Chris Maslanka ......Page 94 Sliding-Coin Puzzles. Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine ......Page 100 Under specified Puzzles. David Wolfe and Susan Hirshberg ......Page 110 A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner. Robert A. Hearn ......Page 112 Absolute Martin. J. Carey Lauder ......Page 118 Part IV Braintempters ......Page 120 A History of the Ten-Square. A. Ross Eckler ......Page 122 Configuration Games. Jeremiah Farrell, Martin Gardner, and Thomas Rodgers ......Page 130 Blackjack Stacks. Harold Cataquet ......Page 138 Five Algorithmic Puzzles. Peter Winkler ......Page 146 Polyform Patterns. Ed Pegg, Jr ......Page 156 Another Pentomino Problem. Solomon W. Golomb ......Page 164 Polyomino Number Theory (III). Uldis Barbans, Andris Cibulis, Gilbert Lee, Andy Liu, and Robert Wainwright ......Page 168 A Golomb Gallimaufry. Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell, and Thomas Rodgers ......Page 174 Part V Braintaunters ......Page 180 The Panex Puzzle. Mark Manasse, Danny Sleator, Victor K. Wei, and Nick Baxter ......Page 182 Upstart Puzzles. Dennis Shasha ......Page 200 The Complexity of Sliding-Block Puzzles and Plank Puzzles. Robert A. Hearn ......Page 210 Hinged Dissections: Swingers, Twisters, Flappers. Greg N. Frederickson ......Page 222 Part VI Braintools ......Page 234 The Burnside Di-Lemma: Combinatorics and Puzzle Symmetry. Nick Baxter ......Page 236 Designing Puzzles with a Computer. Bill Cutler ......Page 248 Origami Approximate Geometric Constructions. Robert J. Lang ......Page 260 Rolling Block Mazes. M. Oskar van Deventer ......Page 278 Constructing Domino Portraits. Robert Bosch ......Page 288 Index by Author ......Page 294 Plate II ......Page 300 Plate V ......Page 301 Plate VI ......Page 302 Plate X ......Page 303 The Tradition Continues With This New Carefully Selected And Edited Collection In Which Martin Gardner And Friends Inspire And Entertain. The Contributors To This Volume - Virtually A List Of Who's Who In The World Of Puzzles - Trace Their Inspiration To Gardner's Puzzle Column In Scientific American And To His Contributions To The World Of Recreational Mathematics.--book Jacket. In Memorium -- Pt. I. Braintreasures -- Pt. Ii. Brainticklers -- Pt. Iii. Brainteasers -- Pt. Iv. Braintempters -- Pt. V. Braintaunters -- Pt. Vi. Braintools. Edited By Barry Cipra ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.